The FCC Says Consumer Backlash Will Protect Net Neutrality

The FCC Says Consumer Backlash Will Protect Net Neutrality

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More than three weeks after the Federal Communications Commission voted to repeal the regulations protecting net neutrality rules, the FCC has finally released the final version of its new regulations. Among the more infuriating provisions: Language that says “no-blocking and no-throttling rules are unnecessary to prevent the harms they were intended to thwart.”

Instead of expressly banning internet service providers from blocking content or throttling it, Ajit Pai’s FCC will instead rely on a “consensus” among the general public and—presumably ISPs themselves—that blocking or throttling content is bad.

The FCC Says Consumer Backlash Will Protect Net Neutrality

Jan 5, 2018, 12:21am UTC
https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/43qn9n/the-fcc-says-consumer-backlash-will-protect-net-neutrality > More than three weeks after the Federal Communications Commission voted to repeal the regulations protecting net neutrality rules, the FCC has finally released the final version of its new regulations. Among the more infuriating provisions: Language that says “no-blocking and no-throttling rules are unnecessary to prevent the harms they were intended to thwart.” > Instead of expressly banning internet service providers from blocking content or throttling it, Ajit Pai’s FCC will instead rely on a “consensus” among the general public and—presumably ISPs themselves—that blocking or throttling content is bad.