VanGoghComplex
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- Apr 5, 2016
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You keep saying "regulate the internet," but that's a misnomer out of your mouth and an intentionally misleading spin out of the mouth of whatever right-wing pimple you're parroting.Having the feds regulate the internet... the largest medium of free speech ever to exist in America or human history is not bunk. If the ISP's are as you say... we will see....
The CONTENT of the internet is where the "free speech" and "free market" exist. NN aimed to prevent ISPs from manipulating people's ACCESS TO CONTENT in ways that advance their business or political interests.
Tomorrow, if your local broadband ISP decides they want to block all the conservative news sites on the net for their users because they want to ingratiate themselves to some commie in our government, they can do that now with impunity. NN would have prevented it. Where's your free speech now?
If your broadband carrier offers video streaming services and decides that Netflix, Hulu, and YouTube all hurt their bottom line, they can halt those services on their network and there will be no legal recourse for you or the content providers. There's your idea of the "free market" in action: what will you do? Switch to a much crappier secondary ISP with prices and services so different they may as well not be in the same market?