FCC finally kills off fairness doctrine

Brooks Boliek Politico 8/22/2011

The FCC gave the coup de grace to the fairness doctrine Monday as the commission axed more than 80 media industry rules.

Earlier this summer FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski agreed to erase the post WWII-era rule, but the action Monday puts the last nail into the coffin for the regulation that […]

Mandated Messages: The President and Homeland Security Coming to Your Cell Phone

Naked Emperor News The Blaze 5/10/2011

NEW YORK (AP) — New York City will launch a new national emergency alert system by the end of the year that will send messages to cell phones during disasters.

Mayor Michael Bloomberg made the announcement Tuesday at a news conference overlooking the World Trade Center site.

He […]

Rep. Blackburn Introduces Bill to Preempt FCC Internet Takeover

Warner Todd Huston Emerging Corruption 1/6/2011

Representative Marsha Blackburn (R, TN) has introduced a bill to preempt the December power grab by the Federal Communications Commission’s Chairman Julius Genachowski and she has made the bill bipartisan with the support of Democrat Dan Boren (Oklahoma).

Blackburn is reporting that 60 members support her bill to halt […]

The Net Neutrality Coup

The campaign to regulate the Internet was funded by a who’s who of left-liberal foundations.

John Fund The Wall Street Journal 12/18/2010

…The net neutrality vision for government regulation of the Internet began with the work of Robert McChesney, a University of Illinois communications professor who founded the liberal lobby Free Press in 2002. Mr. […]

America, your government now regulates the Internet

FCC Votes 3-2 to Regulate Internet via Net Neutrality

Jonathon M. Seidl The Blaze 12/21/2010

The FCC has voted 3-2 along political lines to extend the government’s reach and regulate the internet via net neutrality.

The vote to institute net neutrality rules marks the first time the government has stepped into the world of internet […]

It’s time to stop the FCC internet czars

Nothing is broken that needs fixing, however. The Internet has been open and freedom-enhancing since it was spun off from a government research project in the early 1990s. Its nature as a diffuse and dynamic global network of networks defies top-down authority. Ample laws to protect consumers already exist…

…On this […]

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