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Tue Jan 6, 2015, 01:22 PM Jan 2015

TYT: GOP Wages War To Ruin The Internet Forever



"Newly fortified Republicans in Congress are considering a number of ways to stymie the Obama administration’s planned regulations on broadband Internet providers in 2015, making Capitol Hill a new front in the fight over “net neutrality.”

Concern about the rules is playing into Republican efforts to rein in what they say is regulatory overreach by the Federal Communications Commission.

Dissension over the Internet rules is so rancorous that it could end up impeding progress on technology policy areas where there is potential for agreement, such as cybersecurity and the allocation of wireless spectrum, according to telecom lobbyists and congressional aides."* The Young Turks host Cenk Uygur breaks it down.
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TYT: GOP Wages War To Ruin The Internet Forever (Original Post) WhoIsNumberNone Jan 2015 OP
"GOOD BOY GOOD BOY GOOD BOY" Burf-_- Jan 2015 #1
, blkmusclmachine Jan 2015 #2
In Wisconsin the GOP has been slowing down and blocking sites they don't like since 2011. midnight Jan 2015 #3
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