Why the FCC chair says social networks are the real threat to the free internet

Why the FCC chair says social networks are the real threat to the free internet

6 years ago
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https://finance.yahoo.com/news/fcc-chair-says-social-networks-real-threat-free-internet-232617567.html

Pai then suggested we stop worrying about what our internet providers might do, even though many of us can’t drop them without switching to far slower alternatives. Instead, he said we should really worry about how social networks treat conservative voices." data-reactid="25">Pai then suggested we stop worrying about what our internet providers might do, even though many of us can’t drop them without switching to far slower alternatives. Instead, he said we should really worry about how social networks treat conservative voices.

Pai did so by verbally jousting with tweets from celebrities angry over his proposal and the possibility that it would let internet providers block or slow sites they don’t like. Think of Kumail Nanjiani warning that “We will never go back to a free internet,” Mark Ruffalo decrying this grant of power to telecom companies as “the Authoritarian dream,” or Alyssa Milano classifying it as “one of the biggest” threats to our democracy." data-reactid="27">Pai did so by verbally jousting with tweets from celebrities angry over his proposal and the possibility that it would let internet providers block or slow sites they don’t like. Think of Kumail Nanjiani warning that “We will never go back to a free internet,” Mark Ruffalo decrying this grant of power to telecom companies as “the Authoritarian dream,” or Alyssa Milano classifying it as “one of the biggest” threats to our democracy.