Obama Admin moves toward Internet kill switch via suggested FCC takeover

By Shepard Ambellas

WASHINGTON D.C. (INTELLIHUB.COM) — Although the Internet has functioned as a free and open source platform to all Americans and most others around the world since its inception, Obama is now pushing to reclassify the Internet as, get this, a utility.

“In plain English”, President Obama says that he is “asking [the FCC] to recognize that for most Americans, the internet has become an essential part of everyday communication and everyday life.” However, skeptics, like myself, remain leery as history shows the FCC has only tried to limit free speech in the past.

Take the famous rapper Eminem’s song “The Real Slim Shady” for example. Back in May of 2001, in full violation of the U.S. Constitution, the FCC issued a fine against an FM station for playing the “edited” version on air.

The FCC specifically cited the following passages as objectionable: “My bum is on your lips/My bum is on your lips/And if I’m lucky you might just give it a little kiss/And that’s the message we deliver to little kids And expect them not to know what a woman’s [lyric bleeped] is/Of course, they’re gonna know what intercourse is” and “It’s funny cause at the rate I’m goin’/When I’m thirty I’ll be the only person in the nursing home flirting/Pinching nurses asses when I’m [lyric bleeped] or jerkin’/Said I’m jerkin’ but this whole bag of Viagra isn’t workin’.”, reported Rolling Stone.



While Obama insists that “there are no gatekeepers deciding which sites you get to access” and “no toll roads” on the Internet now, he is still pushing for the FCC to take charge, a decision that will ultimately make the FCC the gatekeeper of the Internet for the now openly corrupt U.S. Government. After all, what ever happened to the old adage, “if it’s not broken, don’t try and fix it”?

Obama claims that the FCC is an Independent agency, but under Executive Orders this would give the federal government a direct way to takeover the Internet for any crisis they see fit. Essentially, it would likely come down to a kill switch. Something conspiracy theorists have talked about for some time now.

In fact, the FCC already has switches in position at all major broadcasting stations, both radio and television, allowing full takeover by the government at anytime. Most recently we saw a beta test being conducted where the White House took over the airwaves, issuing an “emergency alert” which was followed by a blank message.

Paul Joseph Watson reporting for Infowars.com on Oct. 24, 2014, described what took place:

The message was seen by viewers in Austin, Atlanta, Detroit and across North Carolina, as well as other areas of the country.

WSOC-TV out of Charlotte, North Carolina later posted a statement on their website saying they would investigate why the message went out, indicating TV and radio stations were given no advance notice of the test.

An AT&T spokesperson later indicated that the alert notification was sent out erroneously.

In the President’s statement he maintains that the decision is the “FCC’s alone” and that the FCC should “create a new set of rules” for the Internet, as follows:

No blocking. If a consumer requests access to a website or service, and the content is legal, your ISP should not be permitted to block it. That way, every player — not just those commercially affiliated with an ISP — gets a fair shot at your business.

No throttling. Nor should ISPs be able to intentionally slow down some content or speed up others — through a process often called “throttling” — based on the type of service or your ISP’s preferences.

Increased transparency. The connection between consumers and ISPs — the so-called “last mile” — is not the only place some sites might get special treatment. So, I am also asking the FCC to make full use of the transparency authorities the court recently upheld, and if necessary to apply net neutrality rules to points of interconnection between the ISP and the rest of the Internet.

No paid prioritization. Simply put: No service should be stuck in a “slow lane” because it does not pay a fee. That kind of gatekeeping would undermine the level playing field essential to the Internet’s growth. So, as I have before, I am asking for an explicit ban on paid prioritization and any other restriction that has a similar effect.

Unfortunately we all know where this is going as the rules Obama suggests will likely change down the road, becoming even more complicated, much like the IRS tax code, allowing the powers-that-be even more control over our daily lives and activities.

Kill switch here we come.

About the author:

Shepard Ambellas is the founder, editor-in-chief of Intellihub News and the maker of SHADE the Motion Picture. You can also find him on Twitter and Facebook. Shepard also appears on the Travel Channel series America Declassified. You can also listen to him on Coast To Coast AM.

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