Net Neutrality in danger more now than ever?

[Bennyboy]

The FCC's push for Net Neutrality legislation suffered another setback on Tuesday, after 95 of the candidates who pledged their support for it lost their elections.

The Progressive Change Campaign Committee site has had a list of 95 candidates, all Democrats, listed on netneutralityprotectors.com/ as pledged supporters of Net Neutrality.

But, as CNN Money reports, all of them lost.

The FCC has been trying to expand its authority to regulate broadband internet providers, initially losing a court case in April. After that, it pushed Congress to pass legislation that would prevent the providers from blocking access to certain internet content, and force them to treat all web content providers equally.

Republicans have mostly been opposed to Net Neutrality, and the Tea Party even formed a coalition against it back in August, arguing that it hurts freedom.


READ MORE: http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2010/11/all-95-candidates-who-pledged-support-for-net-neutrality-lost-on-tuesday.php

[derby378]

1. Welcome to the World Wide Web, sponsored by Carl's Jr.

"Carl's Jr. Fuck you! I'm eating!"

:mad:

[madmax]

2. Everything is in danger now.

I'm more worried now than I was when w was Resident.

At this point I'll settle for the Doctors Oath: 'First do no harm'

[FiveGoodMen]

3. It's in danger roughly ever three and a half seconds

I've lost track of how many "this is your last chance to stand up for net neutrality" petitions I've signed.

Another one will be along in ... oh, here it is!

[sandnsea]

4. lol, NOW, y'all remember what Republican govt is like n/t

[Pirate Smile]

5. "They're all the same." Oh, wait, they aren't? Oh, well, lets just focus on working as hard as we

can to undermine support for the guy that will have to block all the crap with his veto. He sucks. We might as well have a Republican in there because he is just the same as Republicans. Let's primary him even though that is a great way to damage a President and help ensure he loses re-election blah, blah, blah. Another great day on DU.

[NorthCarolina]

6. I suspect Net Neutrality was DOA regardless of whether Conservative Republicans

took control of the House, or Conservative Dems retained control.

[Uncle Joe]

7. I like Adam Green's response and I agree with him re: the referendum angle but I do wonder

if there was a somewhat more stealthy campaign aimed specifically at the supporters of Net Neutrality.

There is no sane political analyst in America who agrees with corporate shill Scott Cleland's assertion that Tuesday's Democratic wipeout was a 'national referendum' on Net Neutrality -- or had anything to do with Net Neutrality. The only significant thing about Net Neutrality in 2010 is that 95 Democratic challengers felt confident enough to actively tell voters they support this pro-consumer position while zero candidates across the country felt confident enough to actively tell voters they opposed Net Neutrality -- for the obvious reason that opposing the free and open Internet would be a ridiculously stupid political move.

Thanks for the thread, BennyBoy.

[nunyabidness]

8. Say goodbye to the internet as you knew it.