broadband providers possess ‘editorial discretion.'

[boutons_deux]

http://readersupportednews.org/images/stories/article_imgs7/7227-verizon-rule-the-air-071412.jpg


Right before the Fourth of July, Verizon filed a brief with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit that expressed this intent in no uncertain terms. The brief was part of the telecom company’s bid to overturn the Federal Communications Commission’s Net Neutrality rules, which prohibit carriers from blocking or discriminating against Internet users’ content.

In the brief, Verizon argues that the First Amendment gives the company the right to serve as the Internet’s editor-in-chief.

The First Amendment “protects those transmitting the speech of others, and those who ‘exercise editorial discretion’ in selecting which speech to transmit and how to transmit it,” the company’s attorneys wrote. “In performing these functions, broadband providers possess ‘editorial discretion.’ Just as a newspaper is entitled to decide which content to publish and where, broadband providers may feature some content over others.”

By “content” Verizon means all digital communications that cross its wires, from photographs of your cousin’s backyard barbeque to YouTube videos of human rights violations in Syria.

http://mediacitizen.blogspot.com/2012/07/freedom-censorship.html

UCA, just like the extreme activists SCOTUS JINOs, abusing the 1st Amendment.

Right wingers, come on, let's hear your defense of your sacred, beloved UCA expanding their "right" to "edit" information through their networks.

[mercos]

Our internet will not be much better than China's in a few short years. Instead of the great firewall, we will have the great pay wall, where only major websites can compete for the top speeds. That is what companies like Verizon want. These big internet providers are not going to give up until they get their way. That time could come as soon as 2013 if a business friendly president like Mitt Romney is elected along with a Republican Senate.

[TeyshaBlue]

http://readersupportednews.org/images/stories/article_imgs7/7227-verizon-rule-the-air-071412.jpg


Right before the Fourth of July, Verizon filed a brief with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit that expressed this intent in no uncertain terms. The brief was part of the telecom company’s bid to overturn the Federal Communications Commission’s Net Neutrality rules, which prohibit carriers from blocking or discriminating against Internet users’ content.

In the brief, Verizon argues that the First Amendment gives the company the right to serve as the Internet’s editor-in-chief.

The First Amendment “protects those transmitting the speech of others, and those who ‘exercise editorial discretion’ in selecting which speech to transmit and how to transmit it,” the company’s attorneys wrote. “In performing these functions, broadband providers possess ‘editorial discretion.’ Just as a newspaper is entitled to decide which content to publish and where, broadband providers may feature some content over others.”

By “content” Verizon means all digital communications that cross its wires, from photographs of your cousin’s backyard barbeque to YouTube videos of human rights violations in Syria.

http://mediacitizen.blogspot.com/2012/07/freedom-censorship.html

UCA, just like the extreme activists SCOTUS JINOs, abusing the 1st Amendment.

Right wingers, come on, let's hear your defense of your sacred, beloved UCA expanding their "right" to "edit" information through their networks.

LOL unsuppoted supposition
LOL simpleton

LOL inability to use teh google.

http://techcrunch.com/2012/07/09/congressman-darrell-issa-signs-declaration-of-internet-freedom/

LOL bot head explosion:lmao

[Clipper Nation]

Something tells me that any site or article criticizing cable companies' customer service or products would suddenly become painfully slow to load, tbh....

[boutons_deux]

LOL unsuppoted supposition
LOL simpleton

LOL inability to use teh google.

http://techcrunch.com/2012/07/09/congressman-darrell-issa-signs-declaration-of-internet-freedom/

LOL bot head explosion:lmao

That declaration is not law. (and I'm sure Issa knows it will NEVER become law or regs or rules)

Do you really think a 0.01%er like Issa is going to get in the way of the corporate networking cartel's gouging and profits?

[TeyshaBlue]

LOL @ "sure".
I know...if its not on thinkprogress.borg you cant grok.
Try reading the entire link next time.

[leemajors]

I cannot grok its fullness

[TeyshaBlue]

Grokking 's hard!:lol

[TeyshaBlue]

Wtf....duplicate post

[boutons_deux]

Let us know when Issa's Declaration is law, AND enforced. Until then, it's just hot air.

Meanwhile, a larger perspective:

Breaking Open the Digital Commons to Fight Corporate Capitalism

Michael A. Peters discusses the importance of pushing governments and the private sector to invest in public digital infrastructure. This is essential, he argues, to fight corporate capitalism and promote universal access to knowledge and education.

http://truth-out.org/news/item/10264-global-information-systems-education-and-new-media-networks

Cartelized for-profit USA information network infrastructure providers, under no guidance of a national industrial policy, are delivering broadband speeds, to even the densest, wealthiest US metro populations, way below what is available in other industrial countries.

[TeyshaBlue]

Let us know when SOPA or its ilk is passed. Until then its just hot air.:rolleyes

[boutons_deux]

SOPA may not pass (in the USA), but the corps won't stop until SOPA is effectively in law.

[Clipper Nation]

SOPA may not pass (in the USA), but the corps won't stop until SOPA is effectively in law.

Plus Congress will just keep adding on pork and changing the name to something more vague until it actually passes as law....

[TeyshaBlue]

Seriously, you guys need to do some reading up on this issue. These passive-agressive conventional wisdom responses are weaksauce.



Last week, two Internet regulation bills on the fast track to becoming law were stopped in less than 24 hours after tech-savvy netizens erupted in protest through social media and tech blogs. The instant and overwhelming force of the same community that overturned the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) is starting to gel into a recognizable political lobby

http://techcrunch.com/2012/07/15/two-victories-in-one-week-the-internet-flash-lobby-becomes-a-political-force/

[Clipper Nation]

But after SOPA was shut down, up came PIPA and CISPA... SOPA was the Pandora's Box being opened, now corporate special interests won't stop until it becomes law....

[TeyshaBlue]

Again, enough of the weaksauce talking points. Do some reading.

[ElNono]

There's more discussion about this here:
http://spurstalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=174882

I would tend to agree that these companies won't stop until they get what they want, and considering the amount of money they spend on incumbents (http://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/toprecips.php?id=D000000079), I'll be hardly surprised if they get their wish...