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Fantastic is all I can say.
by a2tech 3y ago
Fantastic is all I can say.
- talent_deprived 3y ago> the reclassification will give the FCC more authority to protect national security on broadband networks. It's good? Did you catch the part about "give the FCC more authority"?
- kstrauser 3y agoI caught that. Yes, that's a good thing.
- eganist 3y ago> Did you catch the part about "give the FCC more authority"? The FCC ceded authority as a way to get around having to make a damning call not to assert net neutrality under the last administration. Unless I'm misreading, this is just a return to form.
- hn_acker 3y agoBe careful about how short you cut quotes. "give the FCC more authority" is irrelevant in a vacuum. "more authority to protect national security" is worrying, but to me comes off as performative nonsense and overstepping authority on Commissioner Rosenworcel's part. The FCC does not have authority to censor speech. And the FCC does not control surveillance by ISPs. (The NSA [1] does, and the FBI takes advantage of it [2].) What the FCC does need is the authority to restore net neutrality laws, which it can't have without reclassifying ISPs back to Title II. Admittedly, Congress would do well to pass legislation declaring ISPs utilities and giving the FCC the authority to enforce net neutrality without invoking Title II. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Room_641A https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Room_641A [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_security_letter#Contentious_aspects https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_security_letter#Conte...