How Net Neutrality will RecedeĀ Post-April 23d, 2018
The Following text is copied from the thread of the official twitter of fightforthefuture.org:
@fightfortheftr (April 19, 2018): There have been a lot of inaccurate reports that the FCCās repeal of #NetNeutrality will officially go into effect next week on April 23rd. Thatās not true. Itās a bit more complicated than that. Ready? Here we go:
Its understandable many journos are confused by this. Itās legitimately confusing. The FCC order said it would go into effect 60 days after publication in the Federal Register, which would have been April 23rd. But, it still has to be approved by the Office of Management & Budget.
There was another FCC filing in the Federal Register that would imply the earliest the OMB could approve this (and its worth noting that approval is basically just a technicality) is actually April 27th, but its likely to happen some time after that, possibly even weeks after.
The most important thing for EVERYONE to understand is that nothing catastrophic or dramatic is going to happen immediately when the FCC rules go into effect. Telecom shills will immediately start saying āSee? The sky didnāt fall, we never needed #NetNeutrality.āĀ
The ISPs arenāt going to immediately start blocking content or rolling out paid prioritization scams. They know Congress and the public are watching them. Rather, the death of #NetNeutrality will be slow and insidious. You might not even notice it at first.
And thatās the worst part. What will happen is over time ISP scams and abuses will become more commonplace and more accepted. Theyāll roll out new schemes that appear good on their face but undermine the free market of ideas by allowing ISPs to pick winners and losers.
Over time weāll see less awesome startups. Less awesome videos. Less diverse online content. And weāll see more content that our ISPs want us to see. The Internet will be watered down and manipulated. It will change forever in ways that harm our democracy.Ā
So: donāt fall for ISP lobbyists talking points. Theyāre ALREADY claiming that #NetNeutrality was never needed since the sky hasnāt fallen, and the rules havenāt even gone into effect. But also donāt panic. The Internet is not going to die next week. Keep calm and keep fighting.
The Senate will vote in a matter of weeks on a Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution to block the FCCās repeal. Now is the moment to get engaged.
Everyone: take action at http://BattleForTheNet.com
Small businesses: sign this letter http://BusinessesForNetNeutrality.com
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