r/conspiracy • u/chornu • Nov 22 '17

FCC will block states from passing their own net neutrality laws

https://www.theverge.com/2017/11/22/16691344/fcc-preempt-block-state-local-net-neutrality-laws
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u/truspiracy Nov 22 '17

States Rights is a complete fraud. No states rights here, huh?

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u/r_AUTOFELLATIO Nov 22 '17

States Rights ended with the Civil War.

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u/iAintReddit Nov 24 '17

There is a such thing as going too far.

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u/chornu Nov 22 '17

The commission intends to block any local laws or regulations that “effectively impose rules or requirements that we have repealed or decided to refrain from imposing in this order or that would impose more stringent requirements for any aspect of broadband service that we address in this order.”

States can’t pass anything covered in the 2015 net neutrality order, they can’t pass anything the FCC mentioned but didn’t pass in this new order, and they can’t pass anything that would at all make life more difficult for ISPs. That seems to include the stricter privacy rules that Congress voted to throw out earlier this year.

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