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The Trump administration served notice on Thursday that its next move to deregulate broadband internet service companies would be to jettison the Obama administration's net neutrality rules, which were intended to safeguard free expression online.

The net neutrality rules, approved by the Federal Communications Commission in 2015, aimed to preserve the open internet and ensure that it could not be divided into pay-to-play fast lanes for web and media companies that can afford it and slow lanes for everyone else.

Supporters of net neutrality have insisted the rules are necessary to protect equal access to content on the internet. Opponents said the rules unfairly subjected broadband internet suppliers like Verizon, AT&T, Comcast and Charter to utility-style regulation.

In a news conference, Sean Spicer, the White House spokesman, mentioned the net neutrality rules affecting telecommunications and cable internet services, noting that the Obama administration had ”reclassified them as common carriers."

More at the link: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/30/technology/net-neutrality.html

A scary clip of Trump saying he wants to censor the internet: https://youtu.be/JcmiHx5Yf2I

Update:

Pai wants to overturn that reclassification, but wants internet providers to voluntarily agree to not obstruct or slow consumer access to web content, two officials said late Tuesday.

Three sources said Pai plans to unveil his proposal to overturn the rules as early as late April and it could face an initial vote in May or June.

U.S. FCC chairman plans fast-track repeal of net neutrality: sources

 

[Femto.]

I hope it produces the same results as his "Obamacare take down", a failure.

 

[FZZ]

Nah fuck this

This one worries me the most because it's the most likely one to get passed

 

[SlickShoesRUCrazy]

Somebody wipeout the son of a bitch.

 

[smokeymicpot]

Lovely.

 

[EatinOlives]

Fuck off, orange turd.

 

[Bboy AJ]

This issue isn't even a party line issue. The people have spoken a million times. It's frustrating how these scumbags don't work for us.

 

[Brawly Likes to Brawl]

At least I can get a good laugh at the mental gymnastics Reddit and /pol/ will use to defend this.

 

[Perfect Blue]

Next target? Good news then, so it'll fail like healthcare and everyone will forget about it. Everything Trump touches backfires on him.

 

[Kibbles]

Release the pee pee tape already

 

[GregLombardi]

keep distracting from your russian traitorous ways, you fucking nimwad

 

[Lord Fagan]

He's playing with fire.

Anonymous will find the pee pee tape.

 

[Stinkles]

Haha.


Alt right internet users, you won! Enjoy the spoils!

 

[WhiskerFrisker]

Good god hurry up and start impeachment already.

 

[SodiumBenzoate]

This actually might get the_donald to turn on him.

 

[Sou Da]

At least I can get a good laugh at the mental gymnastics Reddit and /pol/ will use to defend this.

 

[Fulminator]

I hope it produces the same results as his "Obamacare take down", a failure.

It won't

If they're willing to sell your data, they'll do this too

 

[Geist-]

Out of all of his shitty policies, I have a feeling this is the one most likely to be implemented. Fuck.

 

[Dishwalla]

Oh boy.

 

[foxuzamaki]

Trump is going to lose that insane alt right that loves the internet.

 

[TheSaddestSort]

Have a feeling that this will be the one that passes.

 

[border]

This is maybe one of the most scary propositions of the Trump administration, since it basically aims to reshape the flow of thoughts, ideas, and information on the internet. It wouldn't bother me if there were actual competition amongst ISPs, but there is too much room for collusion in a market where the only two choices are Comcast or AT&T.

 

[Mr. Giggles]

Guy is pretty much going after anything Obama did and reversing it because obama

 

[Miletius]

He's playing with fire.

Anonymous will find the pee pee tape.

Yeah. Sure. Anonymous will "save us."

Call me pessimistic, but I don't think enough old people care about this to do anything about this before it happens. So, goodbye net neutrality -- at least we can say we had a taste of the good times.

 

[GutsOfThor]

Oh boy! I'm happy that people voted their conscience last year.

 

[Kickz]

*sigh* Maybe younger people will learn to vote regularly now

 

[KernelPanic]

A scary clip of Trump saying he wants to censor the internet: https://youtu.be/JcmiHx5Yf2I

So a Great Firewall of America is coming?

 

[Korigama]

Contemptuous old people who don't use computers or understand the internet continuing to attempt to make everything worse because money. Lovely.

 

[Xe4]

Well, at least this plan will get the crazy libertarians and freedom caucus on board. Hopefully, the backlash scares enough moderate republicans for this to fail though.

That is if he even needs a law for this to pass. Hopefully if not an executive order gets struck down by the courts.

 

[Foffy]

He will totally fuck the future of this society if he destroys the internet.

I can see him accomplishing this...

 

[mreddie]

Guy is pretty much going after anything Obama did and reversing it because obama

Yep, and it's gonna hurt. Dude wants to be Putin.

 

[rokkerkory]

This guy sucks

 

[Evening Musuko]

At least I can get a good laugh at the mental gymnastics Reddit and /pol/ will use to defend this.

They don't give a fuck. They just care about targeting and "triggering" people. Hell, as soon as you start seeing people on the left fighting hard against this, they'll all be for it.

 

[Femto.]

*sigh* Maybe younger people will learn to vote regularly now

It's the politicians job to influence voters.

 

[Auto_aim1]

I doubt he knows what net neutrality is. This is the danger of having a know nothing, ignorant president. He'll sign whatever crap that comes his way.

 

[TwntyOneTwlv]

I haven't called my representatives yet, but this issue will make me call, email, fax, text, and send smoke signals to those motherfuckers.

 

[Nemesis121]

Going to be illegal to buy games from Steam soon..

 

[ShockingAlberto]

This actually might get the_donald to turn on him.

Priority 1 is harming minorities.

They'll suck on this and like it as long as he continues being a racist, facist conman.

 

[Euphor!a]

I feel like every other week there is a thread about the end of net neutrality and nothing ever comes of it. Given Trump's current success rate in office, this is probably nothing to worry about.

 

[mjp2417]

Trump is going to lose that insane alt right that loves the internet.

They hate brown people more than they love the internet

 

[Lkr]

Remember when they broke up the Bell system? At least there is some competition now, soon you'll no longer be able to own your own router or modem and all equipment will belong to your ISP just like the old at&t phone monopoly

 

[cheezcake]

At least I can get a good laugh at the mental gymnastics Reddit and /pol/ will use to defend this.

The vast majority of Reddit hates Trump and always has?

 

[Future]

I hope it produces the same results as his "Obamacare take down", a failure.

Old men like this one though

 

[Dishwalla]

I feel like every other week there is a thread about the end of net neutrality and nothing ever comes of it. Given Trump's current success rate in office, this is probably nothing to worry about.

He's been in office two months...

 

[ErichWK]

How can anyone be in support of this?

 

[Future]

I doubt he knows what net neutrality is. This is the danger of having a no nothing, ignorant president. He'll sign whatever crap that comes his way.

All he cares about is that it was obama legislation and that it has the word regulation in it

 

[smokeymicpot]

The vast majority of Reddit hates Trump and always has?

Seriously besides one sub.

 

[mreddie]

How can anyone be in support of this?

Money Talks

 

[jb1234]

He might get it through too, unfortunately. This is definitely something to be concerned about.

 

[Magwik]

Gotta censor the internet so the truth doesn't get out.