The Attack on Internet Neutrality Continues
Ajit Pai and the FCC are done with net neutrality. Now they're going after SMS.
They want to be able to block text messages, and they're claiming they'll only go after spam. https://t.co/lYfLQskBQc— Lee Camp [Redacted] (@LeeCamp) December 26, 2018
The attack on a free and open internet continues after ex Verizon lawyer Ajit Pai repealed it even though many Americans voted against him doing that. He has given lots of excuses for what happened to people's votes. The last I heard of this was that out of 23 million votes, 22 million of them were from Russian bots. I wish I was kidding. I don't know how many people actually voted against this, but 23 million seems a tad low. Pai was appointed to the FCC by Barack Obama because ... (insert your reason) but I'm sure it wasn't so the net would stay open and free.
Repealing it will allow more censorship than what we are already seeing from FB, Twitter and Google and this is being done by the government who is just hiding behind these companies. The Atlantic council is funded in part by the government and is full of people who don't give a rat's ass about what we want. Any chance we take to change the direction this country is going will be met with every tool the government has. Watch this video and see how this new attack will affect any chance we have of doing this.
The senate voted to restore it, but the votes in the house are short and then Trump has to sign it. I can't find any information about whether the vote has taken place or not. Maybe someone can see if they can. More info on the CRA.
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And everything anyone claims Russia to be behind will, of course
fall into the category of spam.
First the President demands the right to use our text messages.
Then they get to determine which messages you are not allowed to see.
Congratulations, Text messaging is well on the path to becoming Radio, Part 2.
Of course you can use a SHORT range radio to broadcast to your friends, but anybody using a BIG mouthpiece, like Facebook or Twitter, or anything like that of course must follow the rules of the FCC. Of course, if you want to have a free and open text, you are of course free to build your own network, just like you're free to build your own Ham Radio, get together the funds for buying a local radio frequency, then understand that if a large company sues you for using it, you MUST go to court...
They're just drawing the noose. Get out while you can.
I do not pretend I know what I do not know.
Is anyone wagering