U.S. Federal Communications Commission chair Jessica Rosenworcel plans to begin an effort to reinstate landmark net neutrality rules rescinded under then-President Donald Trump, sources briefed on the matter said Monday.

The move comes after Democrats took majority control of the five-member FCC on Monday for the first time since President Joe Biden took office in January 2021 when new FCC Commissioner Anna Gomez was sworn in.

The FCC is set to take an initial vote on the net neutrality proposal in October, the sources added.

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[–] 161 points 2 years ago (2 children)

No contest. Americans fought so hard for Net Neutrality, and then Trump and Ajit Pai popped in and took a steaming shit on everything.

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  • [–] 13 points 2 years ago

    Has there ever been a better example of the government giving the middle finger to its constituents? Nearly 90% of Democrats and 80% of Republicans supported net neutrality and it STILL got overturned. That just blows my mind.

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  • [–] 152 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    Codify it into law or it will just be destroyed again the next time we're stupid enough to elect a Republican.

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  • [–] 96 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

    Happy that corporate shill Ajit Pai is gone.

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  • [–] 57 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    If some websites seem to load significantly faster than others now (youtube, reddit, facebook), it's because ISPs can throttle or prioritise traffic to certain websites and they do not have to report this information to their customers.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    And that's why i run YouTube through a VPN (sometimes).

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago

    VPN is great and a solution but it can also be a hassle in many configurations.

    And really there is nothing stopping them from throttling secure traffic unless you buy a business plan or whatever they come up with.

    I hope it can be reinstated because allowing ISPs to throttle various traffic gives absolutely no benefit to the end user.

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  • [–] 49 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    How was Pai not arrested for all those fake comments in support?

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  • [–] 40 points 2 years ago (5 children)

    Remember: elections have consequences.

    Also remember that


    as much as disaffected and/or malicious actors (or Simpsons and South Park, for that matter) will claim otherwise


    the two major political parties in the US are not the same.

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    [–] 38 points 2 years ago

    Within a short time after Ajit Pai was appointed to the FCC chair, there was an article at Ars Technica about net neutrality being rescinded. The article also detailed the many votes against consumers on Pai's record. I sent a link to my mother, who voted for Trump, telling her that this was partially her fault and that it affected everyone, not just her.

    We have a "no politics" rule, now, instituted by me. Our relationship couldn't survive otherwise. Just tell me about the grandkids, your pets, the weather. Never tell me how you voted to fuck up the world.

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  • [–] 30 points 2 years ago

    Wish we had a Congress that could codify it instead of worrying about the shit show that is admin law. Sadly that's what America runs on nowadays.

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    congress needs to put it into law which means we need to vote for congressmen that will do that. Granted mine do.

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  • [–] 10 points 2 years ago

    The internet is healing!

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago

    Jessica Rosenworcel is such a babe

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    If Menendez resigns, does that mean the Dems lose control of the Senate?

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