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[Nokterian]

Goodbye net neutrality and open web...

The U.S. Senate on Monday confirmed Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai for another five-year term on the telecommunications regulatory panel where he faces decisions over dismantling Obama-era internet protections and a major television station merger.

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-u...a448&utm_medium=trueAnthem&utm_source=twitter

 

[Waylon Drums]

This place kinda really sucks.

 

[Wilsongt]

Joy.

Thanks, Obama.

 

[Unknown One]

I really hate Republicans and some Democrats, but mostly Republicans in general.

 

[Septimus Prime]

What the fuck.

 

[Mortemis]

Fuck Ajit Pai. This will be (or already getting) rough as fuck.

 

[Evil Monkey DTT]

We let this happen, fuck America.

 

[zero_suit]

The bad news keeps coming...

 

[HeartlessNobody213]

So that T-Mobile & Sprint merger is definitely happening.

 

[SpaceCadetKeon]

Not unexpected, but dammit this sucks.

 

[Beartruck]

Wait, wasnt he already in charge?

 

[Kyrios]

 

[Ogodei]

Fuck that corporate pod-person.

 

[LOLCats]

terrible. i mean really terrible. Corporate shill and not even coy about it.

 

[Giolon]

*sigh* Five more years of this guy...

Get ready to get screwed over by large ISPs even more.

 

[JoseDFrog]

I’m gonna start hoarding Vaseline.

 

[Shauni]

Basically the beginning of the end of the internet in America as we know it. I knew it was coming, but it still makes me deeply sad. Feel pretty helpless

 

[Mariolee]

Fuck.

 

[Wag]

Verizon will rule the world.

 

[NobleXenon]

Hopefully we can remove all Nazi/Conservative bull-shit from the web once "neutrality" is removed. 😄

 

[Madness]

But her emails. MAGA. Build the wall. Label China a currency manipulator. Trickle down. Drain the swamp...

 

[Beartruck]

Im not entirely convinced the web will be as chopped up as people fear. Theyll throttle sites for mob style shakeups, but if they start doing shit like carving sites off into seperate plans Google and Amazon will bury them in lawsuits.

 

[Shauni]

I really hate Republicans and some Democrats, but mostly Republicans in general.

Not a single Democrat voted for the guy as the article states. It is true that Obama originally appointed the guy, which people love to point at since it scratches that 'both sides' itch and all, and Obama deserves criticism for that, but this is on the GOP and Trump. Even if he hadn't been appointed by Obama, Trump and co. would have found someone equally as shitty

 

[Fancyarcher]

Not a single Democrat voted for the guy as the article states. It is true that Obama originally appointed the guy, which people love to point at since it scratches that 'both sides' itch and all, and Obama deserves criticism for that, but this is on the GOP and Trump. Even if he hadn't been appointed by Obama, Trump and co. would have found someone equally as shitty

He got in voted in 52-41, at least seven Democrats voted for him, shamefully.

 

[Shauni]

Im not entirely convinced the web will be as chopped up as people fear. Theyll throttle sites for mob style shakeups, but if they start doing shit like carving sites off into seperate plans Google and Amazon will bury them in lawsuits.

That's just as bad, if not worse.

 

[SpaceCadetKeon]

Not a single Democrat voted for the guy as the article states. It is true that Obama originally appointed the guy, which people love to point at since it scratches that 'both sides' itch and all, and Obama deserves criticism for that, but this is on the GOP and Trump. Even if he hadn't been appointed by Obama, Trump and co. would have found someone equally as shitty

My understanding is that there has to be at least one person from the other party on the panel. Mitch McConnell was the one who suggested Ajit Pai for the one Republican on the panel, and Obama agreed to appoint him in a show of bipartisanship.

 

[balladofwindfishes]

He got in voted in 52-41, at least seven Democrats voted for him, shamefully.

The GOP has exactly 52 senators. Where are you getting 7 Democrats from?

 

[XenodudeX]

Can't a new president give this guy the boot?

 

[Omadahl]

This fuck should be thrown out of window, not reconfirmed. Goddamn plant for the Telecom companies.

 

[Zolo]

Can't a new president give this guy the boot?

.

 

[ramoisdead]

Fuck this guy and his stupid oversized novelty mugs.

 

[Shauni]

He got in voted in 52-41, at least seven Democrats voted for him, shamefully.

The GOP has 52 seats, so I assume this is party lines. Do we have a list of who voted?

 

[VeeP]

Can't a new president give this guy the boot?

This is my question also.

 

[Fancyarcher]

The GOP has exactly 52 senators. Where are you getting 7 Democrats from?

The GOP has 52 seats, so I assume this is party lines. Do we have a list of who voted?

There are 52 Republican senators. Explain to me the math of how a 52-41 vote means seven Democrats voted for him.

The GOP had 52 seats doe...

Whoops, I was just going based off the overall number of senators. Looks like some democratic senators didn't vote (there are 48), instead. That's almost as bad IMO.

 

[squeakywheel]

Is there any hope to toss him if dems win in 2020?

 

[Blader]

He got in voted in 52-41, at least seven Democrats voted for him, shamefully.

There are 52 Republican senators. Explain to me the math of how a 52-41 vote means seven Democrats voted for him.

 

[MThanded]

He got in voted in 52-41, at least seven Democrats voted for him, shamefully.

The GOP had 52 seats doe...

 

[Shauni]

Can't a new president give this guy the boot?

Yeah, but once the damage is done, the question is will a new President and Congress actually reinstate the rules to reinstate net neutrality? Most people seem blissfully unaware of this stuff, and by then the Telecom companies are going to have tons of money invested to keep it deregulated. Only real hope is if it goes to the Supreme Court and they rule in favor of net neutrality, but who can even trust that at this point?

 

[Commanche Raisin Toast]

Great. We're stuck with Michael from Hot Fuzz for 5 more years. Can't wait for more embarrassing attempts at being edgy and cool with memes and such. 🙄

 

[Shauni]

Whoops, I was just going based off the overall number of senators. Looks like some democratic senators didn't vote (there are 48), instead. That's almost as bad IMO.

Their vote was meaningless, so not really. Probably protest sit-outs of something

 

[Lonewulfeus]

Great. We're stuck with Michael from Hot Fuzz for 5 more years. Can't wait for more embarrassing attempts at being edgy and cool with memes and such. 🙄

Yarp, yarp... Narp?

 

[Blader]

Whoops, I was just going based off the overall number of senators. Looks like some democratic senators didn't vote (there are 48), instead. That's almost as bad IMO.

Abstaining from a vote when you're not in the majority is not almost as bad.

 

[Beartruck]

Honestly, im more worried about the sinclair merger style stuff. Thats waaay harder to reverse than re-instituting some internet regulations, and the sinclair stuff could influence way more voters.

 

[Fancyarcher]

Their vote was meaningless, so not really. Probably protest sit-outs of something

Perhaps. I'm assuming Franken was one of those who abstained.

Abstaining from a vote when you're not in the majority is not almost as bad.

I guess it's just that them abstaining gave me a feeling they felt it was hopeless, which is true given that Republicans still have a majority, but still. I guess I really can't hate them for it, it just makes me hate the GOP more, and that's not hard to do.

 

[Killthee]

Wait, wasnt he already in charge?

Yes, but his term was up this year so he had to be reconfirmed for a new term to remain in charge.

 

[the_firewithin]

well this is a bunch of shit

 

[Aselith]

Im not entirely convinced the web will be as chopped up as people fear. Theyll throttle sites for mob style shakeups, but if they start doing shit like carving sites off into seperate plans Google and Amazon will bury them in lawsuits.

Lawsuits for what? If its legal, its legal

 

[Beartruck]

Lawsuits for what? If its legal, its legal

When the FCC enforced net nuetrality Telecoms sued them, and now that its not enforced internet companies will sue them. Do you really think that Amazon, a multi-billion dollar company, is going to let Comcast and AT & T chop them up and fuck with their business model? Or that google will let them not pull up a result on google unless you a pay for the internet+ package?

Basically you'll see open corporate warfare with normal people stuck in the middle. We just need the samurai pizzaman and we'll be in Snow Crash.

 

[Forward]

Gods, I cannot wait to Ex-Pat.

 

[Zubz]

Fuck. How hard will it be to repair Net Neutrality when things are less shitty again? I know it's a "genie out of the bottle" deal, but we can't be totally boned, right?