{"id":6960,"date":"2017-08-07T15:22:42","date_gmt":"2017-08-07T15:22:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/?p=6960"},"modified":"2017-07-10T15:27:59","modified_gmt":"2017-07-10T15:27:59","slug":"linked-fcc-ignores-the-will-of-the-public-votes-to-begin-dismantling-net-neutrality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2017\/08\/07\/linked-fcc-ignores-the-will-of-the-public-votes-to-begin-dismantling-net-neutrality\/","title":{"rendered":"Linked: &#8220;FCC Ignores The Will Of The Public, Votes To Begin Dismantling Net Neutrality&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:2727,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.techdirt.com\\\/articles\\\/20170517\\\/12241437395\\\/fcc-ignores-will-public-votes-to-begin-dismantling-net-neutrality.shtml&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20220213074122\\\/https:\\\/\\\/www.techdirt.com\\\/articles\\\/20170517\\\/12241437395\\\/fcc-ignores-will-public-votes-to-begin-dismantling-net-neutrality.shtml&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-11-04 01:22:58&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-01-17 07:08:32&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-01-25 09:33:43&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-05-01 07:24:02&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-05-01 07:24:02&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.techdirt.com\/articles\/20170517\/12241437395\/fcc-ignores-will-public-votes-to-begin-dismantling-net-neutrality.shtml\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">via TechDirt<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>Surprising absolutely nobody, the FCC today voted 2-1 along strict party lines to begin dismantling net neutrality protections for consumers. The move comes despite the fact that the vast majority of non-bot comments filed with the FCC support keeping the rules intact. And while FCC boss Ajit Pai has breathlessly insisted he intended to listen to the concerns of all parties involved, there has been zero indication that this was a serious commitment as he begins dismantling all manner of broadband consumer protections, not just net neutrality.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Millions of real American Citizens asked the FCC to not dismantle net neutrality. They did it anyway. When our representatives don\u2019t represent us, it\u2019s time to fire them and start fresh.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"via TechDirt: Surprising absolutely nobody, the FCC today voted 2-1 along strict party lines to begin dismantling net&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"apple_news_api_created_at":"2017-08-07T15:23:01Z","apple_news_api_id":"94f4e4d2-ce60-4f66-b562-3fd08078b803","apple_news_api_modified_at":"2017-08-07T15:23:05Z","apple_news_api_revision":"AAAAAAAAAAD\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/w==","apple_news_api_share_url":"https:\/\/apple.news\/AlPTk0s5gT2a1Yj_QgHi4Aw","apple_news_cover_media_provider":"image","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_cover_video_id":0,"apple_news_cover_video_url":"","apple_news_cover_embedwebvideo_url":"","apple_news_is_hidden":"","apple_news_is_paid":"","apple_news_is_preview":"","apple_news_is_sponsored":"","apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"middle","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":["https:\/\/news-api.apple.com\/sections\/a6dbab72-c794-3987-8514-c419907b32a3"],"apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"csco_singular_sidebar":"","csco_page_header_type":"","csco_custom_appearance":"","csco_disable_excerpt_posts_layout":false,"csco_page_load_nextpost":"","csco_post_video_location":[],"csco_post_video_location_hash":"","csco_post_video_url":"","csco_post_video_bg_start_time":0,"csco_post_video_bg_end_time":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-6960","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-linked","7":"cs-entry","8":"cs-video-wrap"},"apple_news_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pb3IC4-1Og","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":7237,"url":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2017\/11\/28\/linked-why-ajit-pai-is-right\/","url_meta":{"origin":6960,"position":0},"title":"Linked: &#8220;Why Ajit Pai Is Right&#8221;","author":"Adam Chandler","date":"November 28, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"via Stratechery: To put it another way, given the stakes, the benefit from regulation must be massive, which is why the \u201cnet neutrality\u201d framing is so powerful: I\u2019ll say it again \u2014 who can be against net neutrality? 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