From Tech Crunch
Huge numbers of people are upset at the FCC’s decision to undo its own highly popular net neutrality rules. But the grand plans to undo this mischief being announced left and right should be taken with a grain of salt. Unfortunately, it all comes down to politics.Read more: https://techcrunch.com/2017/12/21/theres-no-magic-bullet-for-reversing-the-fccs-net-neutrality-decision/Several senators and members of Congress have prominently stated their intentions to overturn the FCC’s rule via the Congressional Review Act. This 1996 law allows Congress to undo regulations issued in the last 60 legislative days; it’s basically an expedited way for Congress to correct a wayward agency.
But although the CRA was wielded effectively many times this year, most memorably to eliminate the FCC’s broadband privacy rule, that doesn’t mean it can be redeployed to do the same thing to Restoring Internet Freedom, the order eliminating 2015’s net neutrality rules.
Simply put, it’s because a CRA disapproval is still legislation, and legislation requires a majority vote — something the Democrats, the only party reliably aligned against the new order, just don’t have.
The only defenses I've heard for this repeal of net neutrality from people on Steemit is to not worry because these companies won't do what they've explicitly tried to do in the past. This is just bad for everyone
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FCC sorry i dont properly understand.
i hope but your post is hopefull for other people.
Thanks for sharing.
It was sad to see this come to pass. I don't know that I trust that "companies won't do what they've explicitly tried to do in the past." I agree this is bad for everyone :(
the rules are sometimes not in accordance with our wishes, hopefully your day is fun my friend.
when was the last time Congress passed a law that a majority of American's liked?
Nice post
Congress is even more in the pocket of the ISP lobby than the FCC, just because a few of them want to, it still won't happen
Net neutrality is essential for a proper functional internet, when Internet providers can dictate what content is put behind a pay wall, we're all worse off.
However, I have faith that the internet people will find ways around any measure seeking to rule the internet. We always have, we always will.
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