House Panel Wants Google, Facebook, AT&T CEOs To Testify On Internet Rules (reuters.com)

The chairman of the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee on Tuesday asked the chief executives of Alphabet, Facebook, Amazon.com, AT&T, Verizon Communications and other companies to testify at a Sept. 7 hearing on the future of net neutrality rules. From a report: The U.S. Federal Communications Commission is considering tossing out 2015 Obama administration net neutrality rules that reclassified internet service like a public utility. The rules bar providers from blocking, slowing or offering paid prioritization of websites. Many internet providers want Congress to step in and write permanent rules. Other chief executives asked to testify include the heads of Comcast, Netflix and Charter. Some companies including Facebook said they were reviewing the letter but none immediately said if they will testify.

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Notice how everyone is invited...

[wizkid]

Accept the users of the internet. Our government for the people!

This is cute and all

[rsilvergun]

but with the Republicans in control of all branches of government this is a dead end. They should spend their time defending what's left of our tattered healthcare system. It'd be one thing if the Dems presented some kind of unified opposition and/or a few of the other side were willing to jump rank. But right now the only way Net Neutrality is coming back is if a law passes and unless the Dems win the House _and_ Senate (almost impossible with Gerrymandering no matter what the polls say and that's before the effects of voter suppression are felt) then we're done.

Face it, America isn't a Democracy. We never have been. Hell, there's talk on the Right of eliminating our right to vote for Senators. They're not even pretending anymore.