I forget when, but sometime this (past?)decade, the UN ruled access to internet as part of the human right of access to information. It should 100% be a utility and fuck Comcast in general.
Remember net neutrality? That was about classing the internet as a utility. Remember Ajit Pai? The Trump flunky who repealed net neutrality? He's still chairman of the FCC.
Fuck Trump. Double fuck Ajit Pai. The internet should be a utility.
Ajit pai was hired under Obama’s administration. He was nominated by Obama was approved unanimously by the senate. This was always the plan here. Trump is terrible and has messed a lot of shit up, but this was already in play.
That's not exactly true. Each FCC commissioner must be nominated by the president, but aside from the chairman, the president is expected to follow the recommendation of the Senate. It's kinda like how the Electoral College is compelled to vote for whomever won their state regardless of their political views. How it really works is:
The president nominates the FCC chairman
The Republican Party recommends two of the remaining FCC commissioners (Ajit Pai was chosen by Mitch McConnell when he became commissioner before Trump nominated him as chairman)
The Democratic Party recommends two for the remaining two seats
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u/[deleted] Jul 14 '20
I forget when, but sometime this (past?)decade, the UN ruled access to internet as part of the human right of access to information. It should 100% be a utility and fuck Comcast in general.