FCC votes to restore net neutrality rules

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Post by throwup238 » Thu, Apr 25, 2024, 5:23 PM UTC

FCC votes to restore net neutrality rules
nytimes.com

Re: FCC votes to restore net neutrality rules

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Post by lenerdenator » Thu, Apr 25, 2024, 5:30 PM UTC

What's this thing the government has been doing recently where they're no longer content to just let major corporations screw consumers?

Re: FCC votes to restore net neutrality rules

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Post by zer00eyz » Thu, Apr 25, 2024, 5:33 PM UTC

FCC rules... The other day it was FTC and banning non competes, there's also talk right now on the home page regarding KYC and an executive order.

I would love for us to be able to get back to making laws in the US. Executive orders and agency rulings are a bad way to run a "democratic republic"

Re: FCC votes to restore net neutrality rules

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Post by tatelax » Thu, Apr 25, 2024, 5:33 PM UTC

lenerdenator wrote: post #2

What's this thing the government has been doing recently where they're no longer content to just let major corporations screw consumers?

Election coming up

Re: FCC votes to restore net neutrality rules

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Post by redserk » Thu, Apr 25, 2024, 5:35 PM UTC

zer00eyz wrote: post #3

FCC rules... The other day it was FTC and banning non competes, there's also talk right now on the home page regarding KYC and an executive order. I would love for us to be able to get back to making laws in the US. Executive orders and agency rulings are a bad way to run a "democratic republic"

It's worth noting that these agencies and their powers did not spring up out of thin air. Various elected Congress sessions wrote the laws that created and empowered these agencies to create rules.

This is a reasonable implementation of a "democratic republic" as Congress still has oversight.

Re: FCC votes to restore net neutrality rules

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Post by geuis » Thu, Apr 25, 2024, 5:38 PM UTC

Here's the FCC announcement (pdf) for those interested: https://www.fcc.gov/document/fcc-restores-net-neutrality

Re: FCC votes to restore net neutrality rules

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Post by sigzero » Thu, Apr 25, 2024, 5:38 PM UTC

tatelax wrote: post #4

lenerdenator wrote: post #2

What's this thing the government has been doing recently where they're no longer content to just let major corporations screw consumers?

Election coming up

100%

Re: FCC votes to restore net neutrality rules

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Post by MrZongle2 » Thu, Apr 25, 2024, 5:40 PM UTC

tatelax wrote: post #4

lenerdenator wrote: post #2

What's this thing the government has been doing recently where they're no longer content to just let major corporations screw consumers?

Election coming up

Exactly this.

Regardless of the winners of said election, expect a return to business as usual afterward.

Re: FCC votes to restore net neutrality rules

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Post by andy_xor_andrew » Thu, Apr 25, 2024, 5:41 PM UTC

great, what are the odds they reverse the reversal next year in a hypothetical new administration?

Re: FCC votes to restore net neutrality rules

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Post by jonathankoren » Thu, Apr 25, 2024, 5:41 PM UTC

zer00eyz wrote: post #3

FCC rules... The other day it was FTC and banning non competes, there's also talk right now on the home page regarding KYC and an executive order. I would love for us to be able to get back to making laws in the US. Executive orders and agency rulings are a bad way to run a "democratic republic"

In case you are unaware, but congress has been DEEPLY dysfunctional for the past 30 years, and has been getting worse every session. Even this week it was shocking news that a bipartisan bill managed to even come to a vote.

This is what happens when the party that doesn't have the White House chooses obstruction and enforces the the Hastert Rule.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hastert_rule