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RE: Net Neutrality applies censorship laws to the internet.

in #news6 years ago

The FCC is a public institution run (ideally) by people accountable to the American public at the voting booth. If we lose Title II (aka net neutrality) status for the internet, there will be no mechanism to stop censorship of independent content. Your argument completely ignores the accountability question. I think we can both agree that censorship is bad, no matter who applies it-- the FCC or your ISP. The difference between us is that you don't recognize the value of the public-run FCC. At least make the argument that an ISP who has a monopoly on its products will undoubtedly censor content given the legal mechanism to do so... And this is bad for consumers, no matter how you spin it.