FCC to repeal Net Neutrality Bill

[Vassenor]

[citation needed

Still waiting for Coca Cola to conquer and convert Pepsi by the sword...

...Well that was one hell of a non sequitur.

[The Flutterlands]

https://www.thenation.com/article/gutti ... cracy-yet/

How can some of you still not see how utterly dangerous and lethal the Net Neutrality repeal is to our free and democratic society?

[Vassenor]

https://www.thenation.com/article/gutting-net-neutrality-is-the-trump-administrations-most-brutal-blow-to-democracy-yet/

How can some of you still not see how utterly dangerous and lethal the Net Neutrality repeal is to our free and democratic society?

So how is it more of of a threat than literally trying to take away people's right to vote?

[The Flutterlands]

https://www.thenation.com/article/gutting-net-neutrality-is-the-trump-administrations-most-brutal-blow-to-democracy-yet/

How can some of you still not see how utterly dangerous and lethal the Net Neutrality repeal is to our free and democratic society?

So how is it more of of a threat than literally trying to take away people's right to vote?

Because the sharing of information online helps people gather for political campaigns which can influence the vote. Without net neutrality ISPs will get to favor one political candidate over the other at the expense of consumers. Also could influence the flow of information that criticizes their favourite politician.

[Vassenor]

So how is it more of of a threat than literally trying to take away people's right to vote?

Because the sharing of information online helps people gather for political campaigns which can influence the vote. Without net neutrality ISPs will get to favor one political candidate over the other at the expense of consumers. Also could influence the flow of information that criticizes their favourite politician.

What good is getting the vote out if that vote has already been effectively suppressed?

[The Flutterlands]

Because the sharing of information online helps people gather for political campaigns which can influence the vote. Without net neutrality ISPs will get to favor one political candidate over the other at the expense of consumers. Also could influence the flow of information that criticizes their favourite politician.

What good is getting the vote out if that vote has already been effectively suppressed?

They are both lethal to democracy...

[Ifreann]

So how is it more of of a threat than literally trying to take away people's right to vote?

Because the sharing of information online helps people gather for political campaigns which can influence the vote. Without net neutrality ISPs will get to favor one political candidate over the other at the expense of consumers. Also could influence the flow of information that criticizes their favourite politician.

CNN's website slowing down if they run stories about Trump is worse that some people not being able to vote at all.

[Vassenor]

Because the sharing of information online helps people gather for political campaigns which can influence the vote. Without net neutrality ISPs will get to favor one political candidate over the other at the expense of consumers. Also could influence the flow of information that criticizes their favourite politician.

CNN's website slowing down if they run stories about Trump is worse that some people not being able to vote at all.

Yeah, but voter suppression doesn't affect them directly so it's not the biggest threat to democracy.

[The Flutterlands]

CNN's website slowing down if they run stories about Trump is worse that some people not being able to vote at all.

Yeah, but voter suppression doesn't affect them directly so it's not the biggest threat to democracy.

You guys don't get it. Allowing ISP thugs to control what content we go to or what content we create goes against everything democracy and the internet stands for. You guys still don't think of this as a big deal. It's as big a deal as voter suppression or gerrymandering because they are exactly the same issue except the other is digital.

[Dylar]

[citation needed

Still waiting for Coca Cola to conquer and convert Pepsi by the sword...

Deus Coke?

[Ifreann]

Yeah, but voter suppression doesn't affect them directly so it's not the biggest threat to democracy.

You guys don't get it. Allowing ISP thugs to control what content we go to or what content we create goes against everything democracy and the internet stands for.

Neither democracy nor the internet stand for anything.

You guys still don't think of this as a big deal. It's as big a deal as voter suppression or gerrymandering because they are exactly the same issue except the other is digital.

They're really not the same issue at all.

[Hurdergaryp]

Still waiting for Coca Cola to conquer and convert Pepsi by the sword...

Deus Coke?

But in the end it was Dr Pepper, after decades of careful planning and subterfuge, who emerged victorious in the scorched wastelands of what once was the international soda manufacturing industry.

[Camicon]

Deus Coke?

But in the end it was Dr Pepper, after decades of careful planning and subterfuge, who emerged victorious in the scorched wastelands of what once was the international soda manufacturing industry.

I thought that was Nuka Cola?

[Hurdergaryp]

But in the end it was Dr Pepper, after decades of careful planning and subterfuge, who emerged victorious in the scorched wastelands of what once was the international soda manufacturing industry.

I thought that was Nuka Cola?

The multiverse leaves room for variations.

[Camicon]

I thought that was Nuka Cola?

The multiverse leaves room for variations.

Good, because Sunset Sarsaparilla is vastly superior to the filthy Nuka sludge.

[Hurdergaryp]

The multiverse leaves room for variations.

Good, because Sunset Sarsaparilla is vastly superior to the filthy Nuka sludge.

And this is why we do not allow the food industry to stockpile heavy weapons.

[Donut section]

Good, because Sunset Sarsaparilla is vastly superior to the filthy Nuka sludge.

And this is why we do not allow the food industry to stockpile heavy weapons.

Because all restaurants would end up as Taco Bells?

[The Flutterlands]

You guys just dont get it. You don't get how much of a big deal this is. Corporations controlling what we say and do on the internet is bad for democracy and bad for economy. Why aren't many of you as frustrated as I am about this?

[Washington Resistance Army]

Daily reminder that nothing has changed online.

[Audioslavia]

You guys just dont get it. You don't get how much of a big deal this is. Corporations controlling what we say and do on the internet is bad for democracy and bad for economy. Why aren't many of you as frustrated as I am about this?

*buzzer goes off in Mod HQ*

Are we doing the 'Flutterlands actively tries to cause chaos in the FCC thread' thing again tonight, Flutterlands?

[Camicon]

You guys just dont get it. You don't get how much of a big deal this is. Corporations controlling what we say and do on the internet is bad for democracy and bad for economy. Why aren't many of you as frustrated as I am about this?

Because we have a perspective that you not only lack but refuse to acknowledge even exists.

[Freezic Vast]

You guys just dont get it. You don't get how much of a big deal this is. Corporations controlling what we say and do on the internet is bad for democracy and bad for economy. Why aren't many of you as frustrated as I am about this?

Because nothing has happened and may not actually happen. Also, stop repeating the same thing you've repeated a million times already, just quit bitching about this and move on, it's nothing to be so concerned about anyway.

[The Flutterlands]

You guys just dont get it. You don't get how much of a big deal this is. Corporations controlling what we say and do on the internet is bad for democracy and bad for economy. Why aren't many of you as frustrated as I am about this?

Because we have a perspective that you not only lack but refuse to acknowledge even exists.

What perspective?

This isn’t just about how much you will pay for Netflix or Amazon Prime or access to the hottest movies and new entertainment programming, This is about young people having a harder time doing research or taking online classes, it’s about smaller businesses having a harder time competing against big corporations which may be able to pay more for faster access and services. This is about having a harder time getting access to news or political campaigns that Isps disagree with.

Yet none of you seem to give shit. Allowing ISPs to control what we say and do on the internet goes against every thing the internet stands for. It literally means the death of the internet. There is no Opinon. Only fact.

[Camicon]

Because we have a perspective that you not only lack but refuse to acknowledge even exists.

What perspective?

This isn’t just about how much you will pay for Netflix or Amazon Prime or access to the hottest movies and new entertainment programming, This is about young people having a harder time doing research or taking online classes, it’s about smaller businesses having a harder time competing against big corporations which may be able to pay more for faster access and services. This is about having a harder time getting access to news or political campaigns that Isps disagree with.

Yet none of you seem to give shit. Allowing ISPs to control what we say and do on the internet goes against every thing the internet stands for. It literally means the death of the internet. There is no Opinon. Only fact.

The "oh, turns out that society doesn't live or die by the internet" perspective. And that is a fact. Do you know how I know this? I'll tell you. Lean in closely now...

ISP'S WEREN'T CLASSIFIED UNDER TITLE II UNTIL FEBRUARY OF 2015.

WE MANAGED.

For fucksake Flutter, net neutrality wasn't even on your radar prior to April 2017. How do I know this? I searched your posting history.

ISP's being classified under Title I, instead of Title II, was such a non-issue for you prior to 2014 that you didn't even know the US didn't have net neutrality. It was such a non-issue for you as recently as nine months ago that you didn't even know what net neutrality was.

And the world didn't end. Clearly.

The US still had elections. The economy didn't grind to a halt. People graduated from university.

And. The. World. Didn't. Fucking. End.

It truly boggles the mind, the things we post in this thread that you flat out ignore because you can't reconcile them with your zealotry.

[Jagellion]

I'm gonna seem about 200 years old when I say this, while I do respect other people's rights with them being able to go on the internet and their phones one positive thing from the repeal is that maybe people (specifically millennials like me) will spend less time on devices. I love the internet and spend a lot of time on it, but many of us seem too invested in our phones. Everyone has to record something, or post another thing on Instagram. Maybe we could live in the moment a little more.

Obviously I don't like the FCC's decision to repeal Net Neutrality, but I'm just trying to bring a positive spot into the light.