Over at Naked Capitalism there's an article on a 9th Circuit ruling that effectively deregulates companies that provide services on the internet:

A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued a sweeping decision, Federal Trade Commission v AT&T, on Monday that drastically restricts the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) consumer protection authority over companies that offer “common carrier” services (e.g., telephone services, mobile data, and internet services) whether or not these services comprise their core business. Moreover, since no other federal agency currently has the necessary scope of regulatory authority over this area, if this decision stands, significant activities of such companies would be essentially unregulated

It's not just Net Neutrality that's under attack. The Court ruled that ANY activity of the "common carrier" company is immune to FTC oversight. Google is such a common carrier thanks to Google Fiber . Facebook would be, except their satellite was destroyed when the rocket blew up on the launch pad the other day.

Can it be a coincidence that Google/YouTube (big Clinton supporter if you haven't been keeping up) has just issued new rules concerning how they share ad revenue with posters? Jimmy Dore discusses the change and how it's certain to be arbitrarily applied:







Essentially, YouTube's new rules mean that if they decide your post is "unacceptable" according to a list of broad conditions (that boil down to "we don't like it") then they won't share ad revenue with you for that post, and if you hit some unstated number of unacceptable posts, they will defund your channel entirely. They're not outright banning certain topics or viewpoints, but this is clear: Post what we like, or we'll turn your channel into an expensive hobby.

According to Dore the defunding notices are already being sent.