I wanted to avoid any political stuff on the forum but this one is important and its actually not a right vs left matter. Its about whats right and whats wrong.
In just about 4 days one decision could screw your daily life on the internet not only in the USA but also in other countries.
In my country a few years ago we also had a similar proposal from the ISPs but since we have a much better customer protection this proposal ended where it belongs... in the garbage.
The deal is that companies and the government want to change how the internet works. They want control over it.
Net Neutrality opposes this control. And that is good... Net Neutrality protects the internet. It keeps the internet a free and open place without censorship, without capitalism killing small companies and without artificial limitations.
Unfortunatly during the past months this protection system was portrayed falsely by corrupt members of the FCC (Federal Communications Commission). These people originally were employed by ISPs and most likely will return after these ISPs once they have killed the Net Neutrality.
These people claim that Net Neutrality is bad and restricts how the internet works... it Net Neutrality opposes the freedom on the internet.
I am not sure if you experiences such a limitation of freedom lately but i didnt. I can go to any site in any country without any limitation (that is what Net Neutrality guarantees).
So if Net Neutrality already today makes the internet free then why change that?
Why is all this stuff even important to me?
In Germany or Europe its not so easy to get rid of Net Neutrality since it is backed by our fundamental rights of equality and a very strong customer protection.
But we still will see an impact since many sites and services are hosted in the USA (this might change if there is no Net Neutrality there anymore).
Putting aside the waves of impacts that it has to us in Europe I am more worried about possible impact on freedom and democracy in the USA.
Ok you could argue what this democracy is still worth it considering that it screws over native americans in favor of oil companies, turns national parks (which are property of americans) into lucrative resource deposits for companies, gets rid of health insurance which in result costs ppls lifes just to give this money to the rich people and companies with a new tax plan that is overwhelmingly unpopular.
Imagine the worst science fiction movies where companies rule the world and the people are just "cattle" without any rights.
Thats where the development in the USA is heading to.
The upcoming FCC decision to repeal Net Neutrality fits perfectly into this picture (movie) because it allows companies like Comcast, AT&T, Verizon etc. to dictate what kind of content you are able to view on the internet and under which conditions.
Whoops the websites of political opponents are no longer available because there is no Net Neutrality anymore.
Whoops... Netflix all of a sudden is slow as hell because it is a competitor of your ISPs own streaming service.
The worst visions of Scifi turn reality now because...
this asshole:
which got appointed by that asshole:
is currently ignoring millions of complaints from concerned people that want to keep the Net Neutrality.
What the people want in that country does not seem to matter much since there is more corruption than every before. Drain the swamp? What a joke.
These people just serve their donors, not the people.
This guy:
serves
because thats where he came from and thats is the company that will pay him a nice bonus when he returns after giving the control over the internet to such ISPs.
Why isnt that stuff really covered by the media? Why isnt there that much media attention?
Because the broadcasters are owned by these companies.
More information about this issue:
Net Neutrality is a matter that is important to all of us. Maybe you want to think about it and use the last few days and maybe write a mail to the FCC or support people and groups that fight for Net Neutrality. (gofccyourself.com)
This here is my little contribution to a free and open internet.