Good explanation of net neutrality and why it affects you.

[Vrede too]

Over 100 activist groups urge McConnell to take up net neutrality bill in the Senate

Tell the Senate to Save the Internet

[Vrede too]

Tell 2020 Dem candidates: Restore net neutrality in your first 100 days

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Verizon throttled fire department’s “unlimited” data during Calif. wildfire
Fire dep't had to pay twice as much to lift throttling during wildfire response.

Wireless Carrier Throttling of Online Video Is Pervasive

Tell Senators: Support the Save the Internet Act!

[Vrede too]

Approaching 7 years later:

Federal judge rules that California can enforce its net neutrality law

A federal judge has ruled that California can enact its net neutrality law, paving the way for the enforcement of rules banning internet service providers from blocking, speeding up or slowing down select websites or services....

Meanwhile, a Biden-led FCC is expected to take up net neutrality protections on the federal level. The acting chair of the FCC, Jessica Rosenworcel, recently re-emphasized her support for the principles, but added that the agency (currently split 2-2 along party lines) is "conscious of the composition of the commission" as it mulls the best way forward. Biden is expected to nominate a third Democratic member to the Commission soon.

U.S. District Court Judge John Mendez was appointed by George W. Bush and had served in the Reagan and Daddy Shrub DOJs.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Mendez

[billy.pilgrim]

https://substack.com/app-link/post?publ ... GGN-A1YsvA


Since trump

"Not only can your internet service provider pick and choose which websites you’ll find pleasant or difficult to read, they can also track every site you visit, every keystroke you send or receive, and every email you compose or read.

They can store that data for as long as they want and can sell it to anybody they want. (There a few new state laws that somewhat limit this, but at the federal level and in most states it’s a total wild west for the ISPs and prosecutions are nonexistent.)

All these activities are illegal across the European Union which embraces Net Neutrality, but this is America where five Republicans on the Supreme Court gave giant telecom companies the legal ability to bribe both Trump and any members of Congress they chose."


"For a great in-depth story about Sohn, check out this piece published yesterday at The Daily Dot. But don’t expect to see much or even any coverage of this nomination by mainstream media, who in many cases have interlocking business deals with our nation’s ISPs.

If we want to recover our privacy and give small, progressive websites an even playing field against giant media and online players like the Murdoch empire (which has trashed Ms. Sohn in The Wall Street Journal, the New York Post, and on Fox “News”) we need to push the senate now.

Call your senator today at 202-225-3121 and tell them to support the nomination of Gigi Sohn to the FCC.

Time is running out."

[Vrede too]

https://hartmannreport.com/p/democrats- ... tes-to-get

"... Call your senator today at 202-225-3121 and tell them to support the nomination of Gigi Sohn to the FCC.

Time is running out."

Thanks, done.

[GoCubsGo]

I'm pretty uninformed on most of this stuff.

But, if true why wouldn't law enforcement get warrants for every and all suspects in any and all types of cases for everything they've done online in relation to a crime?

[O Really]

I'm pretty uninformed on most of this stuff.

But, if true why wouldn't law enforcement get warrants for every and all suspects in any and all types of cases for everything they've done online in relation to a crime?

I certainly don't know much, either, but I'm inclined to wonder how large the gap between "can" and "did". F'rinstance, the article says "Prior to Trump coming into office, it was illegal for Comcast or AT&T, for example, to slow down websites who hold political views those companies dislike or give lightning-fast loading time for sites that are closer to the companies’ typically conservative politics."

Do we know if Comcast or AT&T, for example, have actually slowed down sites with political views they opposed? I'm overall in favor of legislated net neutrality, but am a bit skeptical of a parade of horribles that doesn't have any real horribles in it.

[Vrede too]

I'm pretty uninformed on most of this stuff.

But, if true why wouldn't law enforcement get warrants for every and all suspects in any and all types of cases for everything they've done online in relation to a crime?

Off the top of my head,

LEOs would still at least theoretically need probable cause for each suspect and the suspicion of crimes to be found on devices. Not all judges are rubber stamps.

Examining all e-evidence is time consuming. LEOs would have to think the investment of resources was worth it.

[GoCubsGo]

I'm pretty uninformed on most of this stuff.

But, if true why wouldn't law enforcement get warrants for every and all suspects in any and all types of cases for everything they've done online in relation to a crime?

Off the top of my head,

LEOs would still at least theoretically need probable cause for each suspect and the suspicion of crimes to be found on devices. Not all judges are rubber stamps.

Examining all e-evidence is time consuming. LEOs would have to think the investment of resources was worth it.

Yeah and yeah.

But if an suspected child porn (looking at you Matt Gaetz) doer was under investigation wouldn't that be something DOJ, FBI and others be all over?

[Vrede too]

Yeah and yeah.

But if a suspected child porn (looking at you Matt Gaetz) doer was under investigation wouldn't that be something DOJ, FBI and others be all over?

AFAIK yes, providing the probable cause is strong enough warrants will be gotten and everything will be looked at (looking at you, Jalen Kitna).

I haven't bothered since I'm boringly e-legal these days, but it sound like miscreants would want a VPN that does not save history.

... Right now, about the only way around their spying and speed control is to purchase and install on your computer or phone a Virtual Private Network or VPN, which uses encryption and its own servers to conceal your usage and data from your ISP. But many VPNs also spy on you and — particularly the “free” ones — also sell your information to giant data brokers and advertisers as their basic business model.

Reputable ones, however, like ExpressVPN (disclosure: I have used them for almost a decade and they have recently advertised on my program), have servers which are not even capable of tracking the sites you visit or the data you send and receive over the net. They just keep you safe from your own ISP....

$6.67 per month for 15 months