Vote to Let Corporations Control the Internet is on Thursday

The end of Net Neutrality is upon us. The FCC, led by its corporate puppet Ajit Pai, will vote on Thursday to end Net Neutrality and allow all the giant telecommunications companies take over control of the Net with no restrictions. This is just criminal! I think it is a violation of the First Amendment. It will now be up to Congress and the Courts to stop this nonsense.

Twitter, Pinterest, Reddit and Airbnb were among 200 firms that signed a letter warning FCC Chairman Ajit Pai not to roll back net neutrality, saying it would be a disaster. Millions of ordinary citizens have written the FCC begging them not to do this. Congress has asked that PAI postpone the vote and turn over a million possible fake letters supporting the end of Net Neutrality. All have been ignored. It is the job of the FCC to protect us. Pai and his cronies are protecting the giant telecommunications firms and will let them write the rules.

Because of the importance of this issue and its closeness to the final vote, I have broken my own rule of including a variety of stories in the Tech News section. For this edition, our first section is all about the end of Net Neutrality and what it means to you. I hope you find it informative. -JRC  

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