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SheltieLover

(57,073 posts)
Tue Apr 13, 2021, 11:29 AM Apr 2021

Did I miss this somehow?

If this is redundant info, I apologize. I just ran across it.

Biden admin is adding Columbia Law Professor, TIm Wu, the "father of Net Neutrality!" This stellar Professor will be working Technoogy and Competition Policy at the National Economic Council.

TY, President Biden! (I love saying that!)

https://www.theverge.com/2021/3/5/22315224/tim-wu-net-neutrality-antitrust-big-tech-biden-administration-national-economic-council

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Did I miss this somehow? (Original Post) SheltieLover Apr 2021 OP
I missed it as well, so thank you! niyad Apr 2021 #1
Yw! SheltieLover Apr 2021 #2
Thanks 😊 sheshe2 Apr 2021 #3
Yw, She! SheltieLover Apr 2021 #11
It did fly under the radar, what with all the other loud calimary Apr 2021 #4
I was thrilled to see this! SheltieLover Apr 2021 #12
Actual competent people in positions of power.. what a concept!! Peacetrain Apr 2021 #5
Ikr! SheltieLover Apr 2021 #13
I missed it too, but separate from that --- My my! What a good looking guy! liberalla Apr 2021 #6
He kind of has the Justin Trudeau look, especially now that Trudeau has a beard. George II Apr 2021 #7
Yw! SheltieLover Apr 2021 #14
I missed it also. Lonestarblue Apr 2021 #8
Right! SheltieLover Apr 2021 #15
do we have a fcc head yet? dsp3000 Apr 2021 #9
Good question! SheltieLover Apr 2021 #16
Rosenworcel, but not sure it wasn't an interim appointment. summer_in_TX Apr 2021 #25
Not that I'm any kind of bellwether, but I'd not heard it before your OP. BobTheSubgenius Apr 2021 #10
I hadn't either! SheltieLover Apr 2021 #17
K&R Blue Owl Apr 2021 #18
Ty for the kick! SheltieLover Apr 2021 #19
I didn't know that.. TY Sheltie! Cha Apr 2021 #20
Yw, Cha! SheltieLover Apr 2021 #22
Aloha & Mahalo! Cha Apr 2021 #24
Nothing like Tech NOOOGY!! AZ8theist Apr 2021 #21
K&R MustLoveBeagles Apr 2021 #23
Thx for kick, Beagles! SheltieLover Apr 2021 #27
I'd forgotten about Wu's appointment, thank you for surfacing that! summer_in_TX Apr 2021 #26
From your keyboard to karma's ear! SheltieLover Apr 2021 #28

Lonestarblue

(9,988 posts)
8. I missed it also.
Tue Apr 13, 2021, 01:14 PM
Apr 2021

It’s easy to miss when the media still insists on reporting mindless Republican chatter as if there were some meaning behind it.

summer_in_TX

(2,738 posts)
25. Rosenworcel, but not sure it wasn't an interim appointment.
Tue Apr 13, 2021, 11:49 PM
Apr 2021

But the FCC has an empty seat to fill still. So the Commission is tied.

summer_in_TX

(2,738 posts)
26. I'd forgotten about Wu's appointment, thank you for surfacing that!
Wed Apr 14, 2021, 12:02 AM
Apr 2021

Hopefully major telecommunications law revisions are underway that will enshrine Net Neutrality, roll ownership back and bring the sheer power of media conglomerates to heel, and use anti-trust suits to break up a few (alright quite a few) of them for there many noncompetitive practices.

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