Let's start with the headline. "California Breaks the Internet" This is categorically false click bait. "Sacramento wants to regulate the web nationwide." This is fear mongering. I want to regulate taxes nationwide. I have the same power to do that as CA government. None at all.
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Now, the picture. It's showing people protesting in support of nationwide
#NetNeutrality
regulations.
Supporters of Net Neutrality protest the FCC's decision to repeal the program in Los Angeles, November 28, 2017. PHOTO: KYLE GRILLOT/REUTERS -
The refusal of the author of this opinion to sign their name to this work is troubling. Is this just a cheap ploy to try to imply more than one person on the editorial board holds a similar opinion?
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"The progressive imperialists are now trying to regulate digital commerce nationwide under Sacramento rules, and the good news is that the Justice Department is pushing back to protect the free flow of information and the Constitution’s separation of powers."
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Name calling and false claims are such dignified and auspicious choices for the first paragraph. Congratulations to this author for such a strong start! The FCC which had the best claim to protecting the free flow of information declared it had no such power earlier this year.
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As for separation of powers, the states retain all powers not explicitly granted to the Federal government. After repealing the FCC regulations and declaring they didn't have the power to enforce them in the first place, it's unclear how they can restrict States' rights.
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The statement about DoJ is inverted reality. The suit is literally to prevent a state from enforcing its laws on businesses operating within the state. This is an effort to prevent another state from protecting the free flow of information.
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"Providers are prohibited from throttling, blocking or charging to prioritize content. California’s law goes even further than the Obama rules by banning “zero-rating” plans that exempt certain apps from consumer data limits." That sounds like free flowing information to me.
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LOL. The "imperialists" trying to regulate commerce in their own state... Didn't the GOP used to be a state's rights party? What happened? (I know the answer, of course: money to themselves, and their friends, is the only thing they've ever cared about...)
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I like how we can’t see who the original author of this piece in order to hold accountable the opinion in the first place. But again it’s just an opinion and you can either agree or disagree. I disagree.
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Shame on the WSJ for posting this Trump propaganda using verbiage that obscured what it’s really about: Net neutrality vs Control over the Net by big business interests.
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Without net neutrality, you won't exist. It's as simple as that.
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The only reason the left wants to regulate the net, to control the flow of information people receive.
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Yes good nes
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Are you supporters of Trump’s anti-net nutriality regulations? Then please explain!
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And they want Seal to live in ocean
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Interesting, you must not believe in Net Neutrality or individual freedoms or one person one vote. You back Citizens United & dark pools
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No net neutrality is like a land grab. You lose.
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Destroy the propaganda machine!
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"Progressive imperialists"... It's like your editorial board doesn't know how to use words.
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