This is such a huge topic, and vastly important to the future of the internet in this country—but apparently the public is woefully under-informed. I've tried talking to people about it, and...
This is such a huge topic, and vastly important to the future of the internet in this country—but apparently the public is woefully under-informed. I've tried talking to people about it, and without fail they fall instantly into their respective party's talking points, if they even know anything about it at all. My mother is a staunch democrat, yet she knows nothing of net neutrality. She actually asked me to explain it (a big leap forward, as she's 74), and I did my best, but I'm pretty sure I lost her with technicalities. I'm going to prepare a more succinct answer that applies directly to her and email it to her so that I can later discuss it in person.
But to my Trump-loving cousins? Title II was abject regulatory overreach, and Pai just freed up "the internet" (as if it's a self-contained entity that has the power to make decisions) to expand and lower prices to consumers. It's a shame, but no one has really educated them on how huge an issue this really is.
The thing that boggles my mind is how universally despised the major internet providers are and even that sentiment is overwhelmed by the usual partisan paradigms.
The thing that boggles my mind is how universally despised the major internet providers are and even that sentiment is overwhelmed by the usual partisan paradigms.
I think another part of the issue is, a lot of people feel like they are at a loss. The powers-that-be know what we want. We voted, we won, they put it back to a vote until they got what they...
I think another part of the issue is, a lot of people feel like they are at a loss. The powers-that-be know what we want. We voted, we won, they put it back to a vote until they got what they wanted. We literally voted more than once and won more than once but they kept putting it back to a vote until they got what they wanted. And as long as they can do that and there's nothing in place forcing them to keep what we voted for, people see it like there's not much we can do. People look at it like these people who are supposed to represent our interests and what we want doing whatever they want and going directly against us and just feeling defeated. Because there's not much we can do to really force them to do what is in our best interest.
Absolutely. I have friends who are apathetic about the midterms, because "what difference is it going to make?" Well, for one, we could potentially fight for the things the people actually want....
Absolutely. I have friends who are apathetic about the midterms, because "what difference is it going to make?" Well, for one, we could potentially fight for the things the people actually want. If the house and senate are held by different majorities, some of the craziness currently happening can be tempered. By what level would remain to be seen, but when you look at NN vote counts, anyone supporting it needs to realize that things need to change if we have any hope of restoring NN.
Today, Mozilla is filing our brief in Mozilla v. FCC – alongside other companies, trade groups, states, and organizations – to defend net neutrality rules against the FCC’s rollback that went into effect early this year. For the first time in the history of the public internet, the FCC has disavowed interest and authority to protect users from ISPs, who have both the incentives and means to interfere with how we access online content.
This is such a huge topic, and vastly important to the future of the internet in this country—but apparently the public is woefully under-informed. I've tried talking to people about it, and without fail they fall instantly into their respective party's talking points, if they even know anything about it at all. My mother is a staunch democrat, yet she knows nothing of net neutrality. She actually asked me to explain it (a big leap forward, as she's 74), and I did my best, but I'm pretty sure I lost her with technicalities. I'm going to prepare a more succinct answer that applies directly to her and email it to her so that I can later discuss it in person.
But to my Trump-loving cousins? Title II was abject regulatory overreach, and Pai just freed up "the internet" (as if it's a self-contained entity that has the power to make decisions) to expand and lower prices to consumers. It's a shame, but no one has really educated them on how huge an issue this really is.
The thing that boggles my mind is how universally despised the major internet providers are and even that sentiment is overwhelmed by the usual partisan paradigms.
I think another part of the issue is, a lot of people feel like they are at a loss. The powers-that-be know what we want. We voted, we won, they put it back to a vote until they got what they wanted. We literally voted more than once and won more than once but they kept putting it back to a vote until they got what they wanted. And as long as they can do that and there's nothing in place forcing them to keep what we voted for, people see it like there's not much we can do. People look at it like these people who are supposed to represent our interests and what we want doing whatever they want and going directly against us and just feeling defeated. Because there's not much we can do to really force them to do what is in our best interest.
Absolutely. I have friends who are apathetic about the midterms, because "what difference is it going to make?" Well, for one, we could potentially fight for the things the people actually want. If the house and senate are held by different majorities, some of the craziness currently happening can be tempered. By what level would remain to be seen, but when you look at NN vote counts, anyone supporting it needs to realize that things need to change if we have any hope of restoring NN.