Now it’s the FCC…
Internet application and content companies, what some refer to as “edge providers,” are increasingly concerned by the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) newfound ability to regulate the Internet, and rightfully so.
For years, edge providers — Pandora, Google, LinkedIn, Facebook, WhatsApp, to name just a few — have flourished from the government’s hands-off approach to the Internet. Both Republicans and Democrats championed a structure that allowed the “application layer” of Internet architecture to be free from government intervention, apart from occasional Federal Trade Commission activity. That is now subject to change.
Read the whole article HERE.
And not to be outdone, the FEC has put their oar in (or are trying)…
As conservative media grows, the head of the Federal Elections Commission (FEC) iw warning that he things liberals will look for ways to regualte conservative news outlets just like they do political PACs.
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The Commissioner noted that Democrat members of the FEC have already floated plans to regulate Sean Hannity. He also reminds of the left’s hatred of the Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision.
“There are some in this building that think we can actually regulate” the media, Goodman said. “I am concerned about disparate treatment of conservative media,” he added.
Read the whole thing HERE at Breitbart.
So much for transparency and LESS government intervention in our lives… Sigh…