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01-19-2018, 11:01 AM
Trump struck net neutrality down — and kickstarted the movement that will save it
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It's just over a month since the GOP-controlled Federal Communications Commission voted to gut its net neutrality (http://mashable.com/category/net-neutrality/) rules. But if Donald Trump and his hand-picked FCC Chief Ajit Pai thought they'd settled the matter, it's now becoming clear that what they've actually done is the exact opposite.
As Obi-Wan Kenobi might have told them: strike down net neutrality, and it will become more powerful than you could possibly imagine.*
SEE ALSO: How to be a responsible citizen of the internet in a post-net neutrality world (http://mashable.com/2017/12/19/how-to-help-fight-for-net-neutrality-what-to-do/)
Right now, the war to save the open internet has all the political energy. It's being fought on multiple fronts: in the Senate, in courts (http://mashable.com/2018/01/16/22-states-lawsuit-fcc-net-neutrality/), in states (http://mashable.com/2017/12/14/california-state-senator-scott-wiener-plans-net-neutrality-laws/), in cities (http://mashable.com/2017/12/28/newark-mayor-ras-baraka-plans-to-keep-net-neutrality/), and on late-night TV (http://mashable.com/2017/12/15/jimmy-kimmel-net-neutraliy/) — not to mention in our homes.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2018/01/18/net-neutrality-restoration/)
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It's just over a month since the GOP-controlled Federal Communications Commission voted to gut its net neutrality (http://mashable.com/category/net-neutrality/) rules. But if Donald Trump and his hand-picked FCC Chief Ajit Pai thought they'd settled the matter, it's now becoming clear that what they've actually done is the exact opposite.
As Obi-Wan Kenobi might have told them: strike down net neutrality, and it will become more powerful than you could possibly imagine.*
SEE ALSO: How to be a responsible citizen of the internet in a post-net neutrality world (http://mashable.com/2017/12/19/how-to-help-fight-for-net-neutrality-what-to-do/)
Right now, the war to save the open internet has all the political energy. It's being fought on multiple fronts: in the Senate, in courts (http://mashable.com/2018/01/16/22-states-lawsuit-fcc-net-neutrality/), in states (http://mashable.com/2017/12/14/california-state-senator-scott-wiener-plans-net-neutrality-laws/), in cities (http://mashable.com/2017/12/28/newark-mayor-ras-baraka-plans-to-keep-net-neutrality/), and on late-night TV (http://mashable.com/2017/12/15/jimmy-kimmel-net-neutraliy/) — not to mention in our homes.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2018/01/18/net-neutrality-restoration/)
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