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0 pointsAFNobody8y ago0 comments

It isn't two years old. Its been a heavily disputed area of law/regulation since 1996 with various patchworks that served similar functions. From actual regulation, to threatening to regulate if there was too much backlash, to regulating again, to regulating under Title 2.

1996 Telecommunication Act: It was a legal gray area, particularly given dial up / dsl over telephone lines.

2002: FCC exempts NCTA by declaring it an information service, not telecommunications.

2005: NCTA wins at the Supreme Court

Open Internet Principles: 2005-2010 (i.e. Threatening to regulate)

Open Internet Order: 2010-2015 (Regulating, legally overturned)

Regulatory framework repealed today: 2015-2017

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"If anything, I've seen a significant rise in censorship since NN was passed."

Censorship by whom? A bunch of websites that are completely separate entities from ISPs that are monopolies for all intents and purposes?

0 pointsAFNobody8y ago0 comments

1996 Telecommunication Act: It was a legal gray area, particularly given dial up / dsl over telephone lines.

2002: FCC exempts NCTA by declaring it an information service, not telecommunications.

2005: NCTA wins at the Supreme Court

Open Internet Principles: 2005-2010 (i.e. Threatening to regulate)

Open Internet Order: 2010-2015 (Regulating, legally overturned)

Regulatory framework repealed today: 2015-2017

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"If anything, I've seen a significant rise in censorship since NN was passed."

Censorship by whom? A bunch of websites that are completely separate entities from ISPs that are monopolies for all intents and purposes?

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jayess8y ago· 5 in thread

'Censorship by whom? A bunch of websites that are completely separate entities from ISPs that are monopolies for all intents and purposes?'

Yes, those same web sites that are breathlessly telling me today the repealing NN is a mortal threat to my very existence, who then turn around and engage in censorship themselves.

simplify8y ago

Anyone can create their own website. Not everyone can create their own ISP.

jayess8y ago

Under NN ISPs were free to censor content.

Edit: Downvoting a simple, verifiable fact? Nice. That about sums up this whole charade.

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danjoc8y ago

We can build our own ISPs. I've read many good posts today that dispute your statement. Here's one,

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15926261

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AFNobodyOP8y ago

I would suggest you could create your own replacement for the sites that offend you.

Free market competition exists for websites and there is probably a market for it if you are upset about it.

jayess8y ago

You're completely missing my point. Today everyone is screaming at the top of their lungs that because of the repeal of NN, ISPs will begin censoring speech, while these campaigns are being financed and propagated by the very entities that engage in wholesale censorship of speech.

I actually laughed out loud today when I saw a tweet from twitter saying that NN will allow for censorship. Twitter is a festering den of opaque censorship. No one sees the irony?

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