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Dusting off old regulations won't protect free, open Internet
The Internet is and will continue to be an indispensable part of the lives of Floridians and all Americans. As we grow more dependent on it for everyday tasks, ensuring fair and open Internet access will continue to be a priority.
In the early days of the Internet, Congress and regulators intentionally left the Internet free from burdensome regulation. This bipartisan decision to keep government’s hands off the Internet has been responsible for leaps in innovation and investment – making America a global leader in broadband development. Revolutionary ways to connect with other people around the world online; billion dollar smart phone applications; near-instantaneous Internet speeds; the list of truly life-altering innovations goes on and on.
No one disagrees that the Internet should be free and open. The president’s plan just does not accomplish that goal.
We have all benefitted from a system that incentivizes broadband providers to be the fastest and most reliable consumer access to the Internet.
Over the last six years, however, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has tried to assert more control over this valuable American resource. The courts have already overturned two sets of FCC rules, but this so-called “independent agency” is poised to vote this week on its most aggressive rules yet.
At the urging of President Obama, FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler submitted a proposal that included more drastic changes and regulations than ever before. This government takeover of the Internet follows the President’s position that reclassification of broadband services to Title II common carrier status – which were originally designed and implemented to protect against 1930s monopolies– is the only option.
Dusting off regulations from the Roosevelt-era will not protect a free and open Internet. They will not benefit consumers. They will not spur innovation. They will not encourage a young entrepreneur to develop a new innovative app, or a company to develop new “smart” appliances.
Consumers – yes, you, reader – will be most hurt by this proposal. A whole host of new regulations and years of uncertainty will come. Even worse, this plan opens the door to billions of dollars in new fees on your Internet service, while putting nearly $45 Billion of new investments at risk over the next five years.
Do you like streaming live sports or network TV on your computer or mobile device? The agreements that allow you to do that quickly and reliably will now be subject to new, untested regulations. This unknown regulatory landscape is likely to reduce future investments in services that many consumers rely upon.
Small businesses across the country are also put in jeopardy from these rules. http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2015/02/26/net-neutrality-debate-dusting-off-old-regulations-wont-protect-free-open/
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"LEAKED! Here's The White House's Draft Cybersecurity Executive Order"
Earlier this week, we wrote about how the White House was working on an executive order to act as a "stand in" for cybersecurity legislation that has so far failed to pass Congress (CISPA passed in the House, but a different effort, the Cybersecurity Act, failed in the Senate, and it would have been difficult to get the two houses aligned anyway). Last weekend Jason Miller from Federal News Radio wrote about a draft he saw... but failed to share the actual draft. We got our hands on a draft (and confirmed what it was with multiple sources) and wanted to share it, as these kinds of things deserve public scrutiny and discussion. It's embedded below. As expected, it does have elements of the Lieberman/Collins bill (to the extent that the White House actually can do things without legislation). It's also incredibly vague. The specific requirements for government agencies are left wide open to interpretation. For example, the State Dept. should engage other governments about protecting infrastructure. Well, duh. As expected, most stuff focuses on Homeland Security and its responsibilities to investigate a variety of different cybersecurity issues -- but, again, it's left pretty vague.
There is, as expected, plans concerning information sharing -- but again, they're left pretty empty on specifics. It talks about an "information exchange framework." Unfortunately, it does not appear to highlight privacy or civil liberties concerns in discussing the information sharing stuff. That seems like a pretty big problem. Homeland Security is tasked with coming up with a way to share information, pulling on some existing efforts, but nowhere do they call out how to make sure these information exchange programs don't lead to massive privacy violations, despite the President's earlier promises that any cybersecurity efforts would take into account privacy and civil liberties.
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Comment by Nikki on December 21, 2011 at 7:13pm
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"Firewall" (Don't Let Our Government Ruin The Internets)
----LYRICS----
From the first time I signed onto AOL
I'd fall underneath your dial-up spell
You do something to me, want to be with you alwaysI hoped that we would never see the day
SOPA would try to change you, or take you away
All the things you've shown me, you make me feel completeTumblr, Facebook, Vimeo, and Twitter
Youtube LolCatz, Ebay, and FlickrDon't put up a firewall when we could have it all
Say no to protect IP
You won't stop piracy
Don't put up a firewall
Don't take away my TumblrYou know I want to stop infringing sites
But Congress please don't make me give up my rights
to friend reblog and follow
upload tweet and postAll this in the name of property
at the expense of the tech community
you're threatening our cybersecurity
and free speechZynga, Mozilla, Google, and Yahoo!
The coders, the bloggers, the start-ups
all get screwedDon't put up a firewall when we could have it all
Say no to protect IP
You won't stop piracy
What is this China?Don't treat me like a rogue site it hurts
Don't erase me from your search
someone could spend more time in jail than conrad murray
for illegally downloading a michael jackson song!
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Comment by truth on December 18, 2011 at 12:54pm
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Congress working over holidays to jam through SOPA
Despite the fact that Congress was supposed to be out of session until the end of January, the Judiciary Committee has just announced plans to come back to continue the markup this coming Wednesday. This is rather unusual and totally unnecessary. But it shows just how desperate Hollywood is to pass this bill as quickly as possible, before the momentum of opposition builds up even further.
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US seeks to restrict internet freedom in America
Today Hillary Clinton was at The Hague to advocate for internet freedom. Hillary and other US officials are encouraging governments abroad to embrace internet freedom, but at home are pushing to restrict the same freedom. Obama has said the more freely information flows the stronger a society becomes. But why would these same officials want new regulations that would limit the information in America. Mike Riggs, associate editor for Reason Magazine, helps us understand the internet hypocrisy. Show Less
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Comment by guest_blog on December 4, 2011 at 1:29am
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Phone 'Rootkit' Maker Carrier IQ May Have Violated Wiretap Law In M...
A piece of keystroke-sniffing software called Carrier IQ has been embedded so deeply in millions of HTC and Samsung-built Android devices that it’s tough to spot and nearly impossible to remove, as 25-year old Connecticut systems administrator Trevor Eckhart revealed in a video Tuesday.
That’s not just creepy, says Paul Ohm, a former Justice Department prosecutor and law professor at the University of Colorado Law School. He thinks it’s also likely grounds for a class action lawsuit based on a federal wiretapping law.
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Comment by Tula on November 24, 2011 at 2:19am
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Me tooo
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Comment by noblsht on November 24, 2011 at 2:16am
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I signed in on that, I am good to go thanks for your efforts, we all need to band together on this
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Comment by Anonymiss Express on November 23, 2011 at 6:36pm
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American Censorship: Round 2
Congress is trying to use the jobs crisis as an excuse to censor the internet. Tell them NO WAY, sign up now for the massive call-in day next week.
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How To Bypass Internet Censorship
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DOJ: Make It a Federal Crime to “Lie” on the Internet
Kurt Nimmo
Infowars.com
November 16, 2011
Obama’s Department of Justice will tell Congress today it should have the ability to prosecute people who lie on the internet. It wants to do this by making it illegal to breach the terms of service of websites.
The DOJ’s deputy computer crime chief, Richard Downing, will argue that the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA) — an amendment to the Counterfeit Access Device and Abuse Act generally used to prosecute hacking and other serious cyber-crime — must give prosecutors the ability to charge people “based upon a violation of terms of service or similar contractual agreement with an employer or provider,” according to Andrew Couts, writing for Digital Trends.
Downing said law enforcement needs the revision in order to prosecute individuals for identity theft, privacy invasion or the misuse of government databases, and other violations of the law.
Orin S. Kerr, professor of George Washington University Law School, told Digital Trends that if implemented the law would criminalize people under the age of 18 who use the Google Search engine. Under its terms of service, minors are not allowed to use Google or its services.
“The same goes for someone who uses a fake name in their Facebook profile, or sheds a few pounds in their Match.com description — both of which are forbidden by those sites’ terms of service,” Couts notes.
If implemented, the government will not use the law to prosecute people who use fake names on Facebook, although it may use it selectively to prosecute “cyber-criminals.”
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