The
FCC is expected to vote and approve on December 14 Chairman Ajit Pai’s
proposal to end the so-called “net neutrality” rules imposed by
President Obama’s FCC in 2015. This has provoked howls from liberals and
tech giants that this is a blow for Internet freedom and another boon
for big business. It is exactly the opposite. It is in fact a boon for
economic and political freedom as are all the other Obama-era
regulations rescinded by the Trump administration that have promoted
economic growth and lessened our dependency on big government. As the Washington Examiner notes:
Sometimes you have to wonder how sincere people are when they gnash their teeth and pull out their hair over President Trump blocking or reversing an Obama-era regulation.Liberals oppose the free flow of information they can’t control and in the name of providing equal access to all they sought to regulate the access of everybody. They., in effect, sought to put toll booths and speed bumps on the information superhighway. As the Daily Signal reported:
The latest cries of distress about anarchy and market apocalypse can be heard about an announcement by the Federal Communications Commission that it will roll back “net neutrality.”
Net neutrality’s dubious value is made obvious by the misleading way Democrats and many news outlets reported the decision. “F.C.C. plans net neutrality repeal in a victory for telecoms,” wrote the New York Times. Missing from the headline or lede was that the decision was a loss for Netflix, Amazon, Google, and other corporate giants that provide content.
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