Courts Rule FCC Has Limited Power over Web Traffic

By Douglas V. Gibbs

I have been hearing how Obama, and his cast of Democrat idiots, have had their eye on silencing dissent by gaining control over the main-extreme media, and all Internet traffic. The FCC, in a move to gain more control over Web Traffic, lost in court when the courts ruled in favor of Comcast in a decision that serves as a setback to efforts by the Federal Communications Commission to require companies to give Web users equal access to all content, even if some of that content is clogging the network.

One fear is that the ruling could encourage efforts in Congress to change the law in order to give the FCC explicit authority to regulate Internet service. Conservatives consider the Internet to be the last frontier of free thought, and are adamantly opposed to any regulation by the FCC over the information superhighway, which includes that Internet providers should be able to decide what services they offer and at what price.

The FCC will now have to reconsider its strategy for mandating “net neutrality” (another term for federal control over content on the Internet - sort of a world wide web version of the Fairness Doctrine).

A clear victory for those who favor limiting the FCC’s regulation of the Internet, the court ruling will not have any immediate impact on Internet users, since Comcast and other large Internet providers are not currently restricting specific types of Web content and have no plans to do so.

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U.S. Court Curbs F.C.C. Authority on Web Traffic - New York Times

Hands off the Internet - Washington Post