Neil Stevens
RedState.com
5/27/2010
I told you the FCC wanted to censor the Internet. They said it was a joke. Well, Reason kept digging and lookee what they found: Michael Copps, the FCC commissioner who would like to have jurisdiction over the entire Internet, wants to start a “national conversation” about the FCC enforcing either regulations or “voluntary codes” controlling content.
It’s no wonder that even Democrats are scared of the runaway FCC.
Quoth Reason:
Copps said that the [indecency] issue concerns him as well, suggesting that a majority of Americans want “something done” about “over the top” “mindless violence” or sexual material, but dodged Smith’s question about whether regulation or “voluntary codes” should be applied to the Internet, saying that “we need to have a national discussion about” applying public interest and decency standards to the Net.
Ladies and Gentlemen, welcome to the brave new world of Net Neutrality and Title II Deem and Pass reclassification. And Google is doing what it can to keep the train going.
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