FCC Refuses to Release 47,000 Net Neutrality Complaints The current FCC likes to insist that net neutrality isn't a real problem to help justify their attack on the current net neutrality rules. Yet Ars Technica notes the agency is fighting a request to release more than 47,000 net neutrality complaints that it has received since June 2015. The National Hispanic Media Coalition (NHMC) filed a Freedom of Information Act (FoIA) request in May of this year to obtain the complaints, claiming seeing the feedback of impacted customers is necessary to understand the impact of the FCC's decision to scrap the rules.

aren't real, clearly doesn't want that analysis to happen ahead of his final vote to kill the rules later this year. But FCC chief Ajit Pai, who has long insisted that anti-competitive behavior and net neutrality violations, clearly doesn't want that analysis to happen ahead of his final vote to kill the rules later this year. The coalition had urged the FCC to extend the initial public comment deadline until 60 days after the commission fully complies with the FoIA request, though the FCC this week denied this motion (pdf) for any such extension, in addition to fighting the release of the stockpiled complaints. This decision comes after Ajit Pai has repeatedly insisted he'd run a far more transparent ship than his predecessor Tom Wheeler, while also claiming that the 2015 rules were a response to "hypothetical harms and hysterical prophecies of doom." Of course we've well documented how a lack of competition in broadband has resulted in all manner of anti-competitive behavior from major ISPs, ranging from using usage caps as a weapon against streaming competitors to charging customers significantly more money if they want to protect their own privacy. Of course Pai knows these harms are very real, and he also knows that publicly releasing them undermines his case against killing what are very popular consumer protections. Of course Pai knows these harms are very real, and he also knows that publicly releasing them undermines his case against killing what are very popular consumer protections.







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TIGERON

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21 recommendations TIGERON Member Suing him is next Filing suit is the equivalent of putting a gun to Pai's ugly mug to force him to tell the public the truth.



Just the same as the orange baboon in the white house and the disgusting inbred turtle are finding out the hard way that taking away the healthcare of 30 million additional people is widely unpopular and is political suicide, the smug little rat leading the FCC will realize getting sued will hurt his attempts to give his ISP friends gatekeeper even more control over what the public sees.



FUCK YOU Pai. Lying and sneaky sack a shit.

Dryvlyne

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Newark, OH 14 recommendations Dryvlyne Premium Member The best Govt money can buy Welcome to America suckers!



I'm seriously beginning to hate our joke of a Country. It's just setup to benefit the wealthiest individuals and Corporations. Ostracus

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Henderson, KY 8 recommendations Ostracus Member Competitive blade. And this is why the entire communications market needs competition. Till the public gets the will to storm the capital, the political arena will continue to serve it's masters. Competition will allow the public to vote with their dollars against those who love money, when just voting in general is ineffective.