U.S. Federal Communications Commission chair Jessica Rosenworcel plans to begin an effort to reinstate landmark net neutrality rules rescinded under then-President Donald Trump, sources briefed on the matter said Monday.

U.S. Federal Communications Commission chair Jessica Rosenworcel plans to begin an effort to reinstate landmark net neutrality rules rescinded under then-President Donald Trump, sources briefed on the matter said Monday.

The move comes after Democrats took majority control of the five-member FCC on Monday for the first time since President Joe Biden took office in January 2021 when new FCC Commissioner Anna Gomez was sworn in.

The FCC is set to take an initial vote on the net neutrality proposal in October, the sources added.

  • fluxion@lemmy.worldEnglish
    159·
    9 months ago

    No contest. Americans fought so hard for Net Neutrality, and then Trump and Ajit Pai popped in and took a steaming shit on everything.

  • bobman@unilem.org
    594·
    9 months ago

    If some websites seem to load significantly faster than others now (youtube, reddit, facebook), it’s because ISPs can throttle or prioritise traffic to certain websites and they do not have to report this information to their customers.

    • Mango@lemmy.world
      10·
      9 months ago

      Oh yeah boi look at our data speed! (video capped at 480p expected speed)

      Seriously, does anyone have a way I can keep my isp from knowing I’m streaming video so I can actually do that??

      • Cihta@lemmy.world
        4·
        9 months ago

        VPN is great and a solution but it can also be a hassle in many configurations.

        And really there is nothing stopping them from throttling secure traffic unless you buy a business plan or whatever they come up with.

        I hope it can be reinstated because allowing ISPs to throttle various traffic gives absolutely no benefit to the end user.

  • qjkxbmwvz@lemmy.sdf.org
    456·
    9 months ago

    Remember: elections have consequences.

    Also remember that — as much as disaffected and/or malicious actors (or Simpsons and South Park, for that matter) will claim otherwise — the two major political parties in the US are not the same.

  • some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org
    402·
    9 months ago

    Within a short time after Ajit Pai was appointed to the FCC chair, there was an article at Ars Technica about net neutrality being rescinded. The article also detailed the many votes against consumers on Pai’s record. I sent a link to my mother, who voted for Trump, telling her that this was partially her fault and that it affected everyone, not just her.

    We have a “no politics” rule, now, instituted by me. Our relationship couldn’t survive otherwise. Just tell me about the grandkids, your pets, the weather. Never tell me how you voted to fuck up the world.

  • roguetrick@kbin.social
    29·
    9 months ago

    Wish we had a Congress that could codify it instead of worrying about the shit show that is admin law. Sadly that’s what America runs on nowadays.

  • HubertManne@kbin.social
    11·
    9 months ago

    congress needs to put it into law which means we need to vote for congressmen that will do that. Granted mine do.

    • seang96@spgrn.com
      9·
      9 months ago

      From what I read the governor of the state (democrat) would pick a replacement to fill the rest of his term.

    • 30mag@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      9 months ago

      Dems have a majority of 51 (3 “independent”), there are 49 Republicans.

    • HubertManne@kbin.social
      5·
      9 months ago

      “The move comes after Democrats took majority control of the five-member FCC on Monday for the first time since President Joe Biden took office in January 2021 when new FCC Commissioner Anna Gomez was sworn in.” since the cutting and pasting was literally easier than just typing read the article but now I have typed so much I have done more work.