FCC Officially Kills Net Neutrality

[bluesoul]

welp: the fcc just voted to kill net neutrality by "restoring internet freedom" which laughably removes any regulator for the broadband industry.

i don't know if anyone watched this shitshow of a "hearing" - including the everyone-get-out-of-the-room-so-the-dogs-can-sniff-around-and-see-who-farted "interruption" - if you asked me, it was ajit pai who farted to the "hey don't kill net neutrality because about 96% of the country doesn't want you to" to the reply the order was "blessed" (?) by the supreme court. what?

[Ben in LA]

Congress still has to vote on it...but we all know how THAT’S gonna go.

[bluesoul]

shout out to the new york city attorney general (ag schneiderman to you) for saying he would lead a multi-state challenge of the fcc net neutrality reversal. he has his heart in the right place but i really don't see anything happening unless it involves agit pai getting replaced.


https://twitter.com/AGSchneiderman/s...70862976012288

the reversal in net neutrality comes at an interesting time. 23 days ago, the fcc announced they were going to "review" the rules on how many tv channels an entity can own. 21st century fox was amongst the entities pushing for this change. today, 21st century fox was bought out by disney and besides the film properties, they get quite a number of television channels which includes, hulu.

goodbye hulu

[bluesoul]

the following states have agreed to join new york in suing the fcc to defend net neutrality:

-california
-oregon
-vermont
-washington
-delaware
-hawaii
-iowa
-illinois
-massachusetts
-kentucky
-maine
-maryland
-north carolina
-mississippi
-pennsylvania
-virginia

california state senator scott wiener sweetened the deal though by saying he will introduce a bill to adopt net neutrality as a requirement in california. now scott's the kind of wiener i like

https://twitter.com/Scott_Wiener/status/941371454267916289

[Ts RedVeX]

[smalltownguy]

Nice video....thank you

[MrFanti]

People who don't pay for their porn are quite upset....
http://www.newser.com/story/252874/w...ay-vanish.html

[bluesoul]

that particular story mentions pornhub. one thing i don't understand is, if pornhub is illegal, then how is it able to maintain such a public image like erecting billboards for advertising, selling merchandise, holding public competitions (btw: some of those ads are pretty good) and even holding crowd-funding campaigns?

also, don't the owners of pornhub also own brazzers, digital playground and reality kings? so wouldn't pornhub technically be considered a legitimate porn streaming site since the parent company owns a number of legitimate porn companies? if not, why has manwin never been sued?

[Ben in LA]

also, don't the owners of pornhub also own brazzers, digital playground and reality kings? so wouldn't pornhub technically be considered a legitimate porn streaming site since the parent company owns a number of legitimate porn companies? if not, why has manwin never been sued?

I’ve had that same question for awhile. If a company is against tube sites, why do they literally upload their content to them? Brazzers, Blacked/Vixen/Tushy, Naughty America, BangBros...they all have official accounts on the Hub and the Hamster...and so do many of the starlets thst want you to “pay for your porn”. Shouldn’t have it both ways.

[MrFanti]

People who don't pay for their porn are quite upset....
http://www.newser.com/story/252874/w...ay-vanish.html

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