uv4PC Wrote:
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> C7TUH Wrote:
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> > even the EFF has concerns with how broadly some
> of
> > the regulatory powers under the rule are
> written.
>
>
https://twitter.com/EFF/status/571027734752677888
>
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2015/02/dear-fcc-ret
> hink-those-vague-general-conduct-rules
>
https://www.eff.org/files/2015/02/23/14-28_09-191_
> eff_ex_parte_2.19.15.pdf
>
>
> "General Conduct" - When the EFF has "deep
> concern" about their own cause, everyone should be
> worried about how fucked up the internet is about
> to become. Just wait until some Repulican gets the
> bright idea that we should ban all porn sites in
> the United States because it's harmful conduct.
>
> Which congressman/senator will stand up and say
>
We need our porn! ?
>
> Hint: You're back to magazines, wanker, if you can
> still find them.
Your porn example is exaggerated but basically right in principle. You can't assume that the powers that you give to a regulatory agency like this are necessarily going to be under the control of the side that you like doing what you like at some point down the road.
This goes way beyond simple "Net Neutrality." More concerning than the "bright line tests" for neutrality, blocking, and paid priority are the general expansions of authority under Title II. Which is particularly broad and relies on discretionary forbearance in applying various rules and requirements (the scope of which hasn't been completely revealed). As well as its application on an *end-to-end basis* across the *entire* Internet. This potentially touches everything. For a good rundown of this and implications listen to Commissioner Michael O’Rielly's (an Obama Republican appointee) statement at the meeting today.
Also sketchy that they let Google (which will directly benefit) and other primary proponents "tweak" the rules to their satisfaction when nobody else gets access.
http://www.politico.com/story/2015/02/fcc-chairman-tom-wheeler-net-neutrality-plan-google-115502.html