Comment on FCC announces plans to resurrect net neutrality rules.
fubo@lemmy.world 1 year agoIt’s a utility; and it’s also a utility whose chief deliverable is speech. This puts any utility monopolist in the position of controlling the public’s access to speech and ability to speak.
FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 1 year ago
No it doesn’t. It stops them from doing things like throttling access to certain sites and providing special pathways to others. It has nothing to do with speech.
fubo@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Sorry, what is “it” in that sentence? In mine, “it” is “Internet access”.
FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 1 year ago
“It” is net neutrality. You know, the thing this post is about. Net neutrality does not police speech.
fubo@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Sure. My point was that Internet monopolists have the technical ability to decide “I don’t like the stuff they say on that Lemmy site, Imma block it.” Which is another good reason to not have Internet services be monopolized.