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Posted: December 27, 2010 06:28 am

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jason-rosenb...a_b_799844.html

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Minutes ago, the FCC passed new rules -- written by corporations -- that will end Net Neutrality. For the first time in history, the U.S. government approved corporate censorship of the Internet, putting the future of online free speech at risk. Unbelievably, the person leading the charge was Obama appointee Julius Genachowski (known in some circles as Judas GenaComcast for his historic sellout and notorious industry-friendly attitude).

These rules also violate President Obama's campaign promise to protect Net Neutrality and appoint an FCC Commissioner who would do the same, but some media are reporting the corporate spin that this is a "Net Neutrality compromise." The White House is trying to convince us this isn't a sellout as well with their wholly supportive statement.

This is not a compromise and it doesn't fulfill Obama's campaign promise -- not even close. There's no such thing as half a First Amendment and no such thing as prohibiting "some" corporate censorship. In reality, these rules are what Senator Al Franken said they are:
The FCC's action today is simply inadequate to protect consumers or preserve the free and open Internet. I am particularly disappointed to learn that the order will not specifically ban paid prioritization, allowing big companies to pay for a fast lane on the Internet and abandoning the foundation of net neutrality. The rule also contains almost no protections for mobile broadband service, remaining silent on the blocking of content, applications, and devices. Wireless technology is the future of the Internet, and for many rural Minnesotans, it's often the only choice for broadband.

Today was another historic sellout to big corporations by the Obama administration, not some kind of "win." We need to set the record straight.

I've put together a page with three clear reasons why today's rules are a sellout, allow corporate censorship, and end the Internet as we know it. I've also copied them below. Can you share this page with our friends so we can get the word out?

If you're on Twitter, please click to share this: NEWS: @FCC breaks Obama promise, allows corporate censorship - no Net Neutrality rules. 3 things to know: http://bit.ly/eVKyWH @WhiteHouse

If you're on Facebook, click here to spread the word.

Here's why today's rules are nothing but a sop to big business:
Corporate censorship is allowed on your phone: The rules passed today by Obama FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski absurdly create different corporate censorship rules for wired and wireless Internet, allowing big corporations like Comcast to block websites they don't like on your phone -- a clear failure to fulfill Net Neutrality and put you, the consumer, in control of what you can and can't do online.
Online tollbooths are allowed, destroying innovation: The rules passed today would allow big Internet Service Providers like Verizon and Comcast to charge for access to the "fast lane." Big companies that could afford to pay these fees like Google or Amazon would get their websites delivered to consumers quickly, while independent newspapers, bloggers, innovators, and small businesses would see their sites languish in the slow lane, destroying a level playing field for competition online and clearly violating Net Neutrality.
The rules allow corporations to create "public" and "private" Internets, destroying the one Internet as we know it: For the first time, these rules would embrace a "public Internet" for regular people vs. a "private Internet" with all the new innovations for corporations who pay more -- ending the Internet as we know it and creating tiers of free speech and innovation, accessible only if you have pockets deep enough to pay off the corporations.

The FCC could have reclassified Internet as a communications service -- reversing a Bush-era mistake -- regulated greedy corporations like Comcast, Verizon, and AT&T with enforceable rules, and protected free speech online. But they didn't -- instead, they allowed these corporations to write their own rules.

It's imperative the FCC's action today isn't seen as a "win" for Net Neutrality -- the Internet is still unprotected from corporate abuse and we still have to fight until we truly win. So help us spread the word.

So basicly everyone in the US is now fucked, prepare for throttled websites, applications not working on your phones from other distributers, censor shipped material. The end of the internet as we know it...

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Posted: December 27, 2010 06:42 am

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Dieyou2000

Posted: December 27, 2010 06:59 am

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Fucking capitalism in the works....corporations are now citizens with speech rights and can donate all they want to campaigns and now the anarchy that was the internet and worked perfectly fine will be another venue controlled by profit-seeking corporations.

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VEPHYSAURAS

Posted: December 27, 2010 07:10 am

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Well this sucks.

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David

Posted: December 27, 2010 07:52 am

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Well shit.

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Jayson

Posted: December 27, 2010 09:01 am

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Come to Australia. We have best meets in all of russia. and no censored interwebs

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Posted: December 27, 2010 09:02 am

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sucks to be you

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rachellove9

Posted: December 27, 2010 11:41 am

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Obama is such a big liar. What will he do next? We have him for like 2 more years to damage the USA.

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RobbieThe1st

Posted: December 27, 2010 01:00 pm

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While I'm not going to consider this "good", and Obama is still a sell-out(but we've known that for years...), do realize that this is nothing new - This is not some new "deregulation" happening, the FCC just didn't -add- any (real) protections.
Which means we are at the same place we have been for the last few years. Nothing's gonna really change, yet... At worst, we may see prioritized traffic(but wait... we do already, though it's done from ISP to router via PPPoE, and not over internet channels), and pay-networks(which we have already, but just at the site-level).

So, erm, I don't see the "omg the world is coming to an end" problem. At least, not with this(though there is plenty of scary stuff happening; just watch Slashdot).

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Armybuilder1

Posted: December 27, 2010 01:46 pm

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Come to Britain we dont have shit like that +)

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creeper975

Posted: December 27, 2010 03:13 pm

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QUOTE: Armybuilder1 December 27, 2010 08:46 am

Come to Britain we dont have shit like that +)

Internet porn to be blocked from homes in the UK

I highly doubt it will come into effect though.

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WG_Keanu

Posted: December 27, 2010 08:33 pm

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QUOTE: creeper975 @ December 27, 2010 04:13 pm)

QUOTE: Armybuilder1 December 27, 2010 08:46 am

Come to Britain we dont have shit like that +)

Internet porn to be blocked from homes in the UK

I highly doubt it will come into effect though.

There's more porn on the internet than there isn't.

I'd like to see them try.

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[05:42] <+WG_Keanu> I think I got a semi just looking at the pic
[05:42] <%kat> same

Georgio9

Posted: December 28, 2010 08:52 am

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QUOTE: WG_Keanu @ December 27, 2010 08:33 pm)

QUOTE: creeper975 December 27, 2010 04:13 pm

QUOTE: Armybuilder1 December 27, 2010 08:46 am

Come to Britain we dont have shit like that +)

Internet porn to be blocked from homes in the UK

I highly doubt it will come into effect though.

There's more porn on the internet than there isn't.

I'd like to see them try.

This will never happen. You have no idea how much pull the porn industry has when it comes to any thing.

The porn industry forced that trial run of "HD-DVD"s for a while before the battle was lost to bluray. A while back, they were the ones who essentially got the gears moving on the satellite TV standards that we still use today. So you can essentially thank them for pay-per-view TV programs.

On the note of the internet dying in the US...This is bad news for us Canadians as well because we do everything the US does and all of our traffic goes through the US as well. I've known for a while that this was going to happen. Eventually there are talks of the entire internet privatizing. So if you're on the Google side of the internet, you only get access to these domains and if you're not, then you can't access the Google domains.

Maybe not for another few decades, but eventually capitalism's ugly side will further limit the freedom of the internet.

Regardless of how censored or un-censored you think your internet is for you... Big brother is ALWAYS watching you.

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David

Posted: December 28, 2010 10:56 am

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QUOTE: rachellove9 @ December 27, 2010 03:41 am)

Obama is such a big liar. What will he do next? We have him for like 2 more years to damage the USA.

Wouldn't call what he does "damage" as that's pretty extreme.

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Posted: December 28, 2010 02:54 pm

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Land of the free - as long as we can define "free".

Come to Australia.

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Posted: December 28, 2010 04:17 pm

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R.I.P. U.S.A.

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WG_Keanu

Posted: December 28, 2010 07:44 pm

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QUOTE: Georgio9 @ December 28, 2010 09:52 am)

Regardless of how censored or un-censored you think your internet is for you... Big brother is ALWAYS watching you.

Gentlemen... we have a problem.

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[05:42] <+WG_Keanu> I think I got a semi just looking at the pic
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