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Lawsuit Filed By 22 State Attorneys General Seeks To Block Net Neutrality Repeal (techcrunch.com)
An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: A lawsuit filed today by the attorneys general of 22 states seeks to block the Federal Communications Commission's recent controversial vote to repeal Obama era Net Neutrality regulations. The filing is led by New York State Attorney General Schneiderman, who called rollback a potential "disaster for New York consumers and businesses, and for everyone who cares about a free and open internet." The letter, which was filed in the United States District Court of Appeals in Washington, is cosigned by AGs from California, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Mississippi, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, Virginia, Washington and Washington DC.
"An open internet -- and the free exchange of ideas it allows -- is critical to our democratic process," Schneiderman added in an accompanying statement. "The repeal of net neutrality would turn internet service providers into gatekeepers -- allowing them to put profits over consumers while controlling what we see, what we do, and what we say online."
"An open internet -- and the free exchange of ideas it allows -- is critical to our democratic process," Schneiderman added in an accompanying statement. "The repeal of net neutrality would turn internet service providers into gatekeepers -- allowing them to put profits over consumers while controlling what we see, what we do, and what we say online."
A paper insulated wireline monopoly that fully supports NN rules.
Net censorship by social media and the deranking of search engine results.
Enjoy the NN regulations and rules.
Domestic spying is now "Benign Information Gathering"
I am shocked and appalled that the long discredited idea of states rights is making a comeback under Trump. It has long been on the ash heap of history, as we all know that the federal government has better and smarter people who are capable of making the hard decisions. Decisions that may be controversial, but are nonetheless good for us (otherwise they wouldn't have made them). States rights is also racist. Why are all these good progressives suddenly in favor of small governments and devolving power to the clueless masses? Power is best kept in the federal government where the smart people can use it to benefit all of society, not just what the mob has been told it wants this month.
Shutting down free speech with violence isn't fighting fascism. It IS fascism!