Fornits
General Interest => Tacitus' Realm => Topic started by: Antigen on December 21, 2010, 08:03:41 AM
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For the first time in history of telecommunications law the FCC has given its stamp of approval to online discrimination.
Instead of a rule to protect Internet users' freedom to choose, the Commission has opened the door for broadband payola - letting phone and cable companies charge steep tolls to favor the content and services of a select group of corporate partners, relegating everyone else to the cyber-equivalent of a winding dirt road.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/timothy-k ... 99435.html (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/timothy-karr/obama-fcc-caves-on-net-ne_b_799435.html)
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Thats disturbing.