Wednesday, February 11, 2015

Obama’s Internet Power Grab: FCC Commissioner: ‘Unprecedented Involvement Of Executive Branch In Our Decision-Making’

◼ In a completely unsurprising development, one of the two Republican Commissioners on the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has made it clear the Obama administration’s effort to regulate the Internet is nothing more than another government power grab. - Arnold Ahlert/Front Page
“President Obama’s plan marks a monumental shift toward government control of the Internet,” said a statement released by commissioner Ajit Pai. “It gives the FCC the power to micromanage virtually every aspect of how the Internet works. The plan explicitly opens the door to billions of dollars in new taxes on broadband… These new taxes will mean higher prices for consumers and more hidden fees that they have to pay.”
◼ FCC Commissioner: ‘Unprecedented Involvement Of Executive Branch In Our Decision-Making’ - Kerry Pickett/Daily Caller
How will content possibly be censored when the government moves in on this and treats the internet as a utility?
◼ FCC Keeps Its 'Open Internet' Plan Hidden From View 0 JOHN MERLINE/IBD
How's this for irony? The Federal Communications Commission, which wants to regulate the Internet heavily to make it more "open," is refusing to let the public see its proposed rules before the commissioners vote on them in two weeks.

Perhaps it's because, while talking publicly in reassuring tones about how the FCC merely wants to secure "net neutrality," it's planning to do much, much more.



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