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People are pretty upset Luxray. Death threats are already started and several states are starting to work in bills that protect net neutrality in individual states. Jerkface Pai doesn't seem to realize that unless its a violation of human rights, states don't have to fall in line.
The proposal passed on partisan lines. The Dems said no, the Republicans said yes. Now it goes to... wherever it goes to, with protesters flooding their representatives and legal challenges.American internet won't change overnight, but it won't say free and open unless the representatives get really scared of the American people.Quote from: Leave a Whisper on December 14, 2017, 12:29:11 PMPeople are pretty upset Luxray. Death threats are already started and several states are starting to work in bills that protect net neutrality in individual states. Jerkface Pai doesn't seem to realize that unless its a violation of human rights, states don't have to fall in line.Didn't the UN say that a free and open internet was a human right? Something along those lines?
Quote from: Shatyr on December 14, 2017, 12:31:28 PMThe proposal passed on partisan lines. The Dems said no, the Republicans said yes. Now it goes to... wherever it goes to, with protesters flooding their representatives and legal challenges.American internet won't change overnight, but it won't say free and open unless the representatives get really scared of the American people.Quote from: Leave a Whisper on December 14, 2017, 12:29:11 PMPeople are pretty upset Luxray. Death threats are already started and several states are starting to work in bills that protect net neutrality in individual states. Jerkface Pai doesn't seem to realize that unless its a violation of human rights, states don't have to fall in line.Didn't the UN say that a free and open internet was a human right? Something along those lines?I don't know. I didn't hear about that. Given how many people depend on it as at least a partial income source, it may well be. Given how many people use it for connections and entertainment, it more likely to be seen as a luxury like tv.
Quote from: Leave a Whisper on December 14, 2017, 12:47:29 PMQuote from: Shatyr on December 14, 2017, 12:31:28 PMThe proposal passed on partisan lines. The Dems said no, the Republicans said yes. Now it goes to... wherever it goes to, with protesters flooding their representatives and legal challenges.American internet won't change overnight, but it won't say free and open unless the representatives get really scared of the American people.Quote from: Leave a Whisper on December 14, 2017, 12:29:11 PMPeople are pretty upset Luxray. Death threats are already started and several states are starting to work in bills that protect net neutrality in individual states. Jerkface Pai doesn't seem to realize that unless its a violation of human rights, states don't have to fall in line.Didn't the UN say that a free and open internet was a human right? Something along those lines?I don't know. I didn't hear about that. Given how many people depend on it as at least a partial income source, it may well be. Given how many people use it for connections and entertainment, it more likely to be seen as a luxury like tv.The internet is far more than an entertainment service. It is also an information resource and colleges and researching for college papers relies heavily on it now.
This is a democracy. Its not how we do things in THIS country.
As of now I suppose I'm confused as to whether I should panic or not. Lots of the posts I've been seeing about NN have been rather grim in tone, but some are speaking out about doing that because it's actually not that bad? VERY confusing. So I guess I'll just continue to panic. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯Quote from: Leave a Whisper on December 14, 2017, 11:54:15 AMThis is a democracy. Its not how we do things in THIS country.Sentiment is nice but I'm going to have to disagree. We live in an oligarchy now. Just look at how the president was elected! Clearly the higher-ups really do not care what everybody else has to say and have been disregarding all opinions but their own since this year started. Honestly, a world where we have to periodically ring up our senators and representatives to beg for things we need to survive or things that we'd struggle without is NOT what I'd call a democracy.Although such a viewpoint is not surprising, I did recently read a piece that showed that those born into and brought up in a family that is unreasonably rich tend to exhibit less compassion in general just by nature. They grow up being taught such drastically different ideals from the rest of the world, basically "it's all about me" and everybody else can suck it.
If they do decide to block content...wouldn't a VPN be able to get past the local ISP's? I used one in China to bypass their internet censorship to access sites like FB, Youtube, ect. I would pick a location - usually Hong Kong, Tokyo or Seoul and it would trick the "whatever it is" into thinking I was accessing the net from another location and not from inside China.
Did it happen? I read in the news that net neutrality has been officially scrapped, but I don't see the internet freaking out yet. Anyway, net neutrality is apparently protected by Norwegian law, so I guess I won't be affected... directly When are we going to make international internet laws so stuff like this can't happen? This whole ordeal is so weird.