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Chile First To Approve Net Neutrality Law
Sir Mal Fet writes "Chile has become the first country in the world to approve, by 100 votes in favor and one abstention, a law guaranteeing net neutrality (Google translation; Spanish original). The law states [submitter's translation]: 'No [ISP] can block, interfere with, discriminate, hinder, nor restrict the right of any Internet user of using, send, receive or offer any content, application, or legitimate service through the Internet, as well as any activity or legitimate use conducted through the Internet.' The law also has articles that force ISPs to provide parental control tools, clarify contracts, guarantee users' privacy and safety when surfing, and forbids them to restrict any liberty whatsoever. This is a major advance in the legislation of the country regarding the Web, when until last year almost anything that was performed online was considered illegal."
>>>US' present housing bubble state was caused by a lack of regulation
Um. No. The bubble was Created by a 1997 regulation that required banks to make bad loans. It wasn't a "lack" of regulation but "over" regulation. In this video the politician even admits that the new regulation would cause loan defaults, but he goes ahead anyway. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivmL-lXNy64#t=2m10s
(Please ignore the captions - just focus on the actual video segment.)
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