Comment on FCC restores net neutrality rules that ban blocking and throttling in 3-2 vote

Andromxda@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• eRac@lemmings.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  The regulatory agency is pretty large, but it’s headed by a 5-member commission.

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• roofuskit@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Does your workplace vote on everything collectively? Or does a smaller controlling board vote?

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  • Andromxda@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Kinda hard to compare that to a country with 300 million citizens

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    • roofuskit@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Congress can pass a law anytime they want. But this small regulatory agency is all we have in the meantime.

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• intensely_human@lemm.ee ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Its design is based on the Illuminatus Trilogy

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  • Andromxda@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Ok sure, that makes sense

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• Deconceptualist@lemm.ee ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  This is the FCC = Federal Communications Commission. I don’t know the origins but as long as I’ve been aware they’ve been a 5-member panel; 3 commissioners from the president’s party and 2 from the opposing party. They’re supported by hundreds of staff members.

  FTC = Federal Trade Commission, a completely separate body. They recently made headlines for banning non-compete agreements.

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  • intensely_human@lemm.ee ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    So this thing’s structure is hard coded to fit into a two party system?

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    • Deconceptualist@lemm.ee ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Sort of? I’m sure Congress could change it. They likely won’t because their members are almost entirely from the two major parties. But IIRC there was talk of it when Republicans blocked the nomination of Gigi Sohn for months.

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  • Andromxda@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Oh yeah, you’re right. I meant the FCC, just got a little confused there, but I know that these are separate bodies. But still, just 5 people in charge of it? Seems kinda strange to me.

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    • Deconceptualist@lemm.ee ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      It’s intentionally an odd number so votes don’t end in ties. And it’s a small number because nominations can take a long time due to political BS.

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