Save the Internet (seriously)

Maybe I'm behind the times, because I know it's been in the news, but I never paid much attention to it until now.

Basically, the fuck wads in Congress want to give control of the internet to large corporations like AT&T, Verizon, and Comcast.  This will basically destroy net neutrality.  4chan, and any other site worth looking at would probably be fucked for good.

So, guys please take a minute to stop fapping and sign the petition.  It only takes a few minutes at the most.

http://action.freepress.net/campaign/savethenet


More info here --->  http://www.savetheinternet.com/

NEWSFLASH: people in power work with handshakes.

It's not a case of dumb politician, it's a case of politicians and private interests working together. They're the flip side of the same coin. Isn't this obvious?

Expecting the FCC to protect you is silly, but so is thinking that the Invisible Hand will, especially after current market leaders entrench their position through the government. Corporations will shaft you immediately; a government entity will only last a little longer until the lobbyists get around to it.

With an apathetic public letting private interests run roughshod over our own, we get what we deserve.

>>39
Why it's not happening? Currently there aren't such companies, because there's no market, but if many operators start to turn into real nazis then there is market and so companies offering ultra free net will be born. Not to mention that nazi companies probably start offering uncensored net for extra fees. There will be always operators offering you censorship free net as long as there's no goverment regulation.

>>42

What about privacy, the NSA, and AT&T?

>>43
Well, duh if there's no goverment regulation what stops them creating service with good privacy? I mean if most operators go nazi with that it means that there will be huge market for "no logs and no giving info to goverment agencies" ISP. As long as there no law that requires operators do that ofcourse.

>>44

But there _IS_ such government regulation that stops them from creating service with good privacy.  That's a problem.  As it stands right now, much like cable companies (unless I'm horribly mistaken), DSL/ISPs are given legal government granted 'monopolies' over certain areas of states.  There isn't really competition. 

I actually wanted to change ISPs because the service was poor, and was informed that was not allowed.  Certain companies have territory that is theirs... it's not a competitive, free-market, capitalist environment to do business in. 

And yeah, on top of it, AT&T is a bitchy company that sells all our info to the NSA, and for all we know, the CIA, the FBI, who knows who else...

I'm for the free-market capitalist idea (generally speaking), but if we were to de-regulate the internet, there are other years worth of other government regulations such as the aforementioned that would have to be peeled back as well in order to make such a system as you mentioned a possibility. 

"He" is watching : http://www.memecenter.com/fun/1904163/living-with-hipstergirl-and-gamergirl

>>46
It's like the spambot is trying to ``troll'' us with these hyperretarded links

Your problem is seeing spartans as military hardware.

Beat The CIA : http://www.tuxradar.com/content/beat-cia

>>47

No 47 must be either an 10-year old dropout kid who is going to work in MacDonald or road-sweeper for his rest of his life or an old "fag" that why they have too much free time to troll here while good kid are studying and doing their homework at school. Well, it just can't be helped for a low-life commoner.

Signed off

Genius The Spambot

>>46

Nice strip! Anyway I have NSA Spying Scandal as explained by Pixar : http://io9.com/the-nsa-spying-scandal-as-explained-by-pixar-757650604

'please take a minute to stop fapping and sign the petition'

I don't know about you, but I can perfectly sign that shit while continuing fapping to lolis and cp.

Heck, I can abduct, rape, film, post and take full anon credits while signing it. /pol/ for life!