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Not to mention the policing of content, which this legislation permits. Regulation is the beginning of the end of the open internet.
by Cuuugi 12y ago
Not to mention the policing of content, which this legislation permits.
Regulation is the beginning of the end of the open internet.
- adventured 12y agoThe thing the fans of net neutrality don't seem to believe, is the notion that as the US Government gets more entrenched into regulating the Internet, they will regulate content as well. And that's exactly what will happen. It would take a complete lack of understanding of the modern US Government (say the last 40 years) to think they won't regulate content. They abuse every power they're granted to an extreme, in an ever widening spiral. I appreciate the premise behind net neutrality, but all governments are not the same; if you give two different governments the same power, they'll use it differently. This is an extraordinarily abusive government, that just loves to silence people, they cannot be trusted to be hands off when it comes to controlling free speech online. It's best to keep them far away from such powers.
- JediWing 12y agoI'm not sure if you're ill-informed or being willfully ignorant, but making sure content is not policed is precisely why net neutrality is so necessary. This is much closer to Carterphone and not at all like FISA.
- Cuuugi 12y agoNo, it is not. It's about gov't vs. private control. There are provisions for "lawful content" in this law.