nintendoman58
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So Pai today said that the FCC is now "on track" to return to a lighter style of regulation.
In other words, he's saying what we already know about him. Now, I'm not gonna post and leave this thread with a quote from the article and leave you all here to whine and fearmonger about it.
I'm going to give you actual helpful tips on what can be done, why it works, and how you can do it.
First off, it's pretty clear to me on what he's planning to do.
In June of 2016, a federal appeals court upheld the current net neutrality rules. This decision was based off of evidence of how much the broadband industry changed over the last decade, which makes it difficult for republicans to argue for a rollback.
What Pai is trying to do, is to find that argument. He wants to create a scenario where net neutrality doesn't feel that important to everybody and the backlash is erased. This is evident by all the decisions that he's made in the last month. Stopping the zero rating investigations, rolling back the transparency for smaller ISPs, etc.
Paying attention to all these little decisions will be key in the upcoming fight. So what can you do?
Right now, the important thing is to maintain awareness on the local level. That is, calling them out at every bad move they make, calling your senators, and overall staying active about the whole issue and not forgetting about it.
Another thing to do is to donate to digital advocacy groups like the EFF. Should things be taken to court, much like the ACLU, they will most certainly be of good help.
Also, for them to get rid of Title II, which underpins net neutrality, they are required to propose new rules as well, which takes months. After that, there's a comment period that spans two months.
When that happens, that's when all hell needs to break loose. All of what I stated before will become more important than ever at that point. That's when we're going to have to fight tooth and nail.
Remember that the activism and protests are working. Right now, the GOP is scared shitless at all their angry constituents at the town halls about things like the Obamacare issue and Trump's ties to Russia. Arizona just killed a bill that would have made essentially made protesting illegal after widespread criticism.
In times like these, it's easy to get very depressed about all this, but that's why it's important to look at the power that the people have and realize that pressure works and it needs to be kept up more than ever.
So don't give up the fight. It's only just gotten started.
In other words, he's saying what we already know about him. Now, I'm not gonna post and leave this thread with a quote from the article and leave you all here to whine and fearmonger about it.
I'm going to give you actual helpful tips on what can be done, why it works, and how you can do it.
First off, it's pretty clear to me on what he's planning to do.
In June of 2016, a federal appeals court upheld the current net neutrality rules. This decision was based off of evidence of how much the broadband industry changed over the last decade, which makes it difficult for republicans to argue for a rollback.
What Pai is trying to do, is to find that argument. He wants to create a scenario where net neutrality doesn't feel that important to everybody and the backlash is erased. This is evident by all the decisions that he's made in the last month. Stopping the zero rating investigations, rolling back the transparency for smaller ISPs, etc.
Paying attention to all these little decisions will be key in the upcoming fight. So what can you do?
Right now, the important thing is to maintain awareness on the local level. That is, calling them out at every bad move they make, calling your senators, and overall staying active about the whole issue and not forgetting about it.
Another thing to do is to donate to digital advocacy groups like the EFF. Should things be taken to court, much like the ACLU, they will most certainly be of good help.
Also, for them to get rid of Title II, which underpins net neutrality, they are required to propose new rules as well, which takes months. After that, there's a comment period that spans two months.
When that happens, that's when all hell needs to break loose. All of what I stated before will become more important than ever at that point. That's when we're going to have to fight tooth and nail.
Remember that the activism and protests are working. Right now, the GOP is scared shitless at all their angry constituents at the town halls about things like the Obamacare issue and Trump's ties to Russia. Arizona just killed a bill that would have made essentially made protesting illegal after widespread criticism.
In times like these, it's easy to get very depressed about all this, but that's why it's important to look at the power that the people have and realize that pressure works and it needs to be kept up more than ever.
So don't give up the fight. It's only just gotten started.
