Civil Rights groups, funded by Telecoms, Back Donald Trump's kill on Net Neutrality
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[URL="https://theintercept.com/2017/02/13/naacp-trump-netneutrality/"]https://theintercept.com/2017/02/13/naacp-trump-netneutrality/[/URL]
[QUOTE]LEADING CIVIL RIGHTS groups who for many years have been heavily bankrolled by the telecom industry are signaling their support for Donald Trump’s promised rollback of the Obama administration’s net neutrality rules, which prevent internet service providers from prioritizing some content providers over others.
The Obama administration’s Federal Communications Commission established net neutrality by reclassifying high-speed internet as a regulated phone-like telecommunications service, as opposed to a mostly unregulated information service. The re-classification was cheered by advocates for a free and open internet.
But now Trump’s new FCC Chairman Ajit Pai, a former Verizon attorney, is pushing to repeal the net neutrality reform by rolling back that re-classification — and he’s getting help not only from a legion of telecom lobbyists, but from civil rights groups.
In a little-noticed joint letter released last week, the NAACP, Asian Americans Advancing Justice, OCA (formerly known as the Organization for Chinese Americans), the National Urban League, and other civil rights organizations sharply criticized the “jurisdictional and classification problems that plagued the last FCC” — a reference to the legal mechanism used by the Obama administration to accomplish net neutrality.[/QUOTE]
Those b@stereds betrayed internet rights for Trump administration...
:nope:
Wow what the fuck.
Don't quote the entire article.
More like Corporate Rights, what the fuck is happening with the internet industry in US?
[QUOTE=Dom Pyroshark;51863597]More like Corporate Rights, what the fuck is happening with the internet industry in US?[/QUOTE]
More like "What the fuck is happening in the US?"
These cunts can fuck off.
Gotta love how quiet these groups are about this, they know it's unpalatable. It's definitely a shock to me and may influence my career decisions in the future. At least the ACLU isn't on there.
Wouldn't this be against their interests? What's going on?
[QUOTE=Im Crimson;51863612]Wouldn't this be against their interests? What's going on?[/QUOTE]
When you get bribed, nothing is against your interests.
[QUOTE=Im Crimson;51863612]Wouldn't this be against their interests? What's going on?[/QUOTE]
"Funding/Donations"[sp]Bribes[/sp] by telecom companies.
Civil rights groups fighting for the right for ISPs to fuck the customers over.
I think these people might not know what civil rights are.
[QUOTE=MissingGlitch;51863626]Civil rights groups fighting for the right for ISPs to fuck the customers over.
I think these people might not know what civil rights are.[/QUOTE]
Blatant corruption can do crazy things to people in positions of power. Just look at politicians approving of choices that they know will hurt people in the long term, simply in return for financial gain in the short term.
[QUOTE=Big Dumb American;51863590]Don't quote the entire article.[/QUOTE]
Ok, Next time I will cut in half.
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