Republicans in Congress try to kill FCC’s broadband discrimination rules

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https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/02/republicans-in-congress-try-to-kill-fccs-broadband-discrimination-rules/

Republicans in Congress try to kill FCC’s broadband discrimination rules::Over 65 Republicans file resolution of disapproval, while lobby groups sue FCC.

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e_mc2@feddit.nl ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Is there anything the Republicans vote for the actually favors the public instead of only big corps?

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- HootinNHollerin@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  No
  
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  - SkybreakerEngineer@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    Come on, they also vote for things that hurt both corporations and the general public.
    
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- crusa187@lemmy.ml ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  no
  
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Burn_The_Right@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Nothing good in human history has ever come from conservatism. Nothing.

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- BrianTheeBiscuiteer@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  It constantly reminds me I’m a good person for not buying into their bullshit.
  
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autotldr@lemmings.world [bot] ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
This is the best summary I could come up with:

On Tuesday this week, US House Republications submitted a resolution of disapproval that would use Congressional Review Act authority to kill the anti-discrimination rules.

“Under the guise of ‘equity,’ the Biden administration is attempting to radically expand the federal government’s control of all Internet services and infrastructure,” lead sponsor Rep. Andrew Clyde (R-Ga.) said.

Clyde alleged that the “FCC’s so-called ‘digital discrimination’ rule hands bureaucrats unmitigated regulatory authority that will undoubtedly impede innovation, burden consumers, and generate censorship concerns,” and that it is an “unconstitutional power grab.”

The lawmakers’ press releases included a quote from Americans for Tax Reform President Grover Norquist, who said the resolution is “an opportunity to reverse the FCC’s takeover of the Internet.”

The Chamber has argued that the FCC rules “micromanag[e] broadband providers through price controls, terms of service requirements, and counterproductive labor provisions.”

Separate lawsuits were filed in the 8th and 11th Circuit appeals courts by the Minnesota Telecom Alliance and Florida Internet & Television Association.

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