ACTUAL NET NEUTRALITY DOCUMENTS

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I feel like almost everyone is losing their shit over the upcoming Net Neutrality ruling without actually knowing what the fuck is going on. Don't feel bad, I was one of you, having no clue what the fuck it meant or what was actually going to happen and what was just fear mongering.

So I went looking around until I found the actual proposal. R E A D I T http://ift.tt/2AaIu3P

A quick copypasta from the article itself since I'm sure most of you will see ">200+ pages" and refuse to read it because being informed on things you think are important is less important than screeching along with a bandwagon that isn't entirely true.

What The Declaratory Ruling Will Do:

Restore the classification of broadband Internet access service as an “information service” —the classification affirmed by the Supreme Court in the Brand X case.

Reinstate the private mobile service classification of mobile broadband Internet access service.

Clarify the effects of the return to an information service classification on other regulatory frameworks, including the need for a uniform federal regulatory approach to apply to interstate information services like broadband Internet access service

What The Report And Order Will Do:

Adopt transparency requirements that ISPs disclose information about their practices to consumers, entrepreneurs, and the Commission.

Restore the Federal Trade Commission’s ability to protect consumers online from any unfair, deceptive, and anticompetitive practices without burdensome regulations, achieving comparable benefits at lower cost.

Eliminate the vague and expansive Internet Conduct Standard under which the FCC micromanaged innovative business models, along with the bright-line rules.

What The Order Will Do:

Find that the public interest is not served by adding to the already-voluminous record in this proceeding additional materials, including confidential materials submitted in other proceedings.

So TL;DR of the TL;DR: ORDER IS CHANGING CONTROL OF INTERNET FROM FCC TO FTC. MEANING COMCAST AND OTHER TELECOM COMPANIES ARE NOW GOING TO BE UNDER A MORE WATCHFUL EYE AND LESS ABLE TO DICK PEOPLE OVER WITHOUT GETTING BITCH SLAPPED WITH A BIG ASS FINE. LITERALLY JUST GOING BACK TO HOW IT WAS BEFORE 2015. CALM THE FUCK DOWN.

Stop with the mindless fear mongering. You're doing what the corporations want you to. Read the document. Be informed. Know what you actually stand for.

Submitted November 29, 2017 at 12:56AM by Zoidberg_the_5th http://ift.tt/2AiCxnQ