FCC votes for Net Neutrality
 

This is truly important for all of us who use the Internets (they have 'em for computers now), so I figured I'd copy and paste the e-mail I got from Demand Progress. (A primer on Net Neutrality here).

FUCK YEAH. i mentioned this in the "relevant" thread. thanks for posting that email.

of course the ISPs will fight it in court too, so we'll see.

but this regulates them like a public utility-- a good thing.

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YOUR LINK LOOKS LIKE A PHISHING SCAM/MALWARE LINK & DIRECTS TO

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now, if they'd do the same thing about catv and cable internet

cable internet yes.

comcast is one of the big players here bitching against that.

isn't it?

especially because they lose viewers to netflix traffic (and now amazon)

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PS (for soupnazi) - as i understand/ just read congress is NOT going to push for legislation as they lack support-- so the battle is now IN THE COURTS.

prolly will make it to the supremos.

I SAID THIS ABOVE BUT I'LL RESTATE IT HERE THE EMAIL YOU GOT LOOKS SCAMMY AS FUCK

Good news for folks who want to continue milking their data usage streaming endless hours of bullshit ;)

It's not a scam or anything you should worry about, fortunately; I just should have linked you directly to www.demandprogress.org instead of copypasting the e-mail. When I get an e-mail into my mail.com account, all links received are directed to some mail.com limbo first ("You're leaving mail.com, click here if you're not redirected in five seconds" or something) and then reach their actual destination. I know it sounds murky, but again, there's no shitware involved. Word!

Of course the Republicans are scaring everyone into saying Obama is controlling the internet, and hates democracy. So many people don't even know what net neutrality is, and what it means, so it's easy to distract and manipulate the average person.

oh ha ha ha-- okay!

better to be paranoid... yeah i checked the demand progress site. "looks legit" (including domain registration).

the issue that raised my eyebrows first was the claim that congress was going to write legislation to overrule the fcc-- they won't pass it and it's not going to happen -- here's the news from 2 days ago:

“We’re not going to get a signed bill that doesn’t have Democrats’ support,” said Senator John Thune, Republican of South Dakota and chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee. “This is an issue that needs to have bipartisan support.”

etc:

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/25/te...-fcc-vote.html
from what i've read it was john oliver who made it easy to understand and rallied the counteroffensive

http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Society...doing?cmpid=TW

i haven't seen the segment but you can find it on youtube

Agreed... cuz ive always had to fix all of my relatives computer virus problems im always paranoid like a kid smoking pot for the first time about EVERYTHING on the internet

From Demand Progress again (this time I streamlined the links, mkay?). Hiring a plane, I dunno how effective it could be; more than anything, I'm posting this because I hate these corrupt Upton and Walden fuckos.

why don't they just find a volunteer pilot?

besides, i don't think you can circle over the capitol on a plane

sounds a bit harebrained-- but i like the idea of bringing people's attention on the matter.

!@#$! this is the era of a combination of voter "meh" and unbridled corruption in government which negates the power of voting or politics to begin with. So either (a) people wouldn't really give a shit even if awareness is raised and (b) even if they did it wouldn't change shit, qhat is going to happen is going to happen.. as we've become more materialistically successful as a society and as individuals our political drive is negated to zero if not negative levels. I wish folks could change politics but the past twenty years has proven its not the 30s or the 60s any longer.. the only things i advocate for are social changes which don't require politics or government. I have even given up on education reform and simply try to do rhe best i can in my own classroom lamenting that the system wins every game, everytime. Its the MJ of corruption they win every game every time

I think the plan is to fly the plane over these assclowns' home districts. :)

oh yeah lolol i didn't make it past the first line ha ha-- sorry!!

anyway thanks for publicizing this.

too painfully true. of course nothing new-- here's more:

Decades-old documents have surfaced showing that the powerful U.S. sugar industry dramatically influenced the government's medical research on dental care—and ultimately what officials recommended for American diets.

Despite a widespread understanding that sugar played a key role in tooth decay, sugar industry leaders advocated for policies that did not recommend people eat less sugar, according to an archive of industry letters dating back to the 1950s preserved by the University of Illinois and analyzed by a team of researchers at the University of California in San Francisco. And the government listened, according to a new report.

the whole story here:

http://wapo.st/1FbaWQC

I guess I should start a Demand Progress thread. :) Anyway:

From DP:

Net Neutrality SUED: