tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054910627465846465.post3453595895002686350..comments2024-03-27T22:19:42.121-07:00Comments on The Hitchhiker's Guide to National Affairs: ISP's don't have the right to edit informationUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054910627465846465.post-85424792201696231502015-09-20T18:38:38.766-07:002015-09-20T18:38:38.766-07:00The FCC wants to reclassify broadband under Title ...The FCC wants to reclassify broadband under Title II of the Communications Act passed in 1934, which will give the organization the regulatory power to make net neutrality possible. In its legal defense, it uses the Chevron test, which held that in most cases, courts should respect the authority of agencies and defer to their interpretations of statutes. <br /><br />The thing is, reclassifying broadband under Title II gives the FCC a hell of a lot more regulatory power. The FCC already has the power to regulate television and radio, and can fine organizations and censor content if they can make a convincing argument that it is indecent. I don't know what it would be like if had the same amount of regulatory power with the Internet. <br /><br />We can have an Internet that is free of excessive governmental regulation, or we can have an Internet that is free of the enterprising, opportunistic nature of the companies that currently control its speed. I don't know if we can have both. I think the question we need to ask ourselves is which one would use its power the least corruptly. <br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16654941401916766961noreply@blogger.com