U.S. 'net neutrality' rules will end on June 11 -FCC

[DonViejo]

Source: Reuters



MAY 10, 2018 / 9:03 AM / UPDATED 2 HOURS AGO

David Shepardson

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Federal Communications Commission said in a notice on Thursday that landmark 2015 U.S. open-internet rules will cease on June 11, and new rules handing providers power over what content consumers can access will take effect.

The FCC in December repealed the Obama-era “net neutrality” rules, allowing internet providers to block or slow websites as long as they disclose the practice. The FCC said the new rules will take effect on June 11.

A group of states and others have sued to try to block the new rules from taking effect. The revised rules were a win for internet service providers like AT&T Inc (T.N) and Comcast Corp (CMCSA.O) but are opposed by internet firms like Facebook Inc (FB.O) and Alphabet Inc (GOOGL.O).

“The agency failed to listen to the American public and gave short shrift to their deeply held belief that internet openness should remain the law of the land,” FCC Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel, a Democrat, said Thursday. “The FCC is on the wrong side of history, the wrong side of the law, and the wrong side of the American people.”



Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-internet/u-s-net-neutrality-rules-will-end-on-june-11-fcc-idUSKBN1IB1UN

[Bengus81]

1. And...they'll start another "nothing will change" barrage of BS ramping up to June 11

If nothing will change then WHY change the previous act?? Oh wait....it has Obama's signature on it and it helps the fat cat Internet providers. That's ok,I want to start paying to watch a You Tube video or other content.

Can't wait to see what the crooks at COX do with this,hell they raise rates if it rains.

[rurallib]

2. K&R that is one more month! Write your senators!

[Erda]

3. This is a portion of an email that I received about Net Neutrality:

"It’s happening. The FCC just announced that, unless Congress votes to stop them, they will officially end net neutrality protections in one month.

The Internet lit up in protest when the FCC originally announced its vote, and now we need that to happen again. This is an all hands on deck moment! Post the link to BattleForTheNet.com everywhere on social media, in every subreddit, on any websites you run, EVERYWHERE! Message your friends. Forward this email. Go on red alert!!!

The Senate is expected to vote THIS WEDNESDAY. We have until then to flood Washington, DC with the voices of Internet users calling on them to save net neutrality."


Please forward it to as many people as you can.

Erda