Screenshot of Chairman Tom Wheeler from the FCC's amusingly terrible livestream of today's proceedings.
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That type of model, in which more onus is placed on ISPs to guarantee the open web, was of concern to Commissioner Mignon Clyburn, a Democrat, who opened her remarks by saying that it became fully clear to her that the open web is of major concern to many Americans when she received a call from her mother asking about protections for net neutrality. It was the first time in her career that her mother had called about regulations."As of January, we have no rules to prevent discrimination or blocking," she said."Providers have publicly committed to keeping the status quo," Clyburn, who also supported the advancing of the proposed rules, said. "But for me the issue is whether or not we should let providers decide on their own whether or not the internet should be open, or whether we should instill rules to guarantee that, as we have for the last decade."That the future of the internet hangs in the balance is something all five FCC officials made clear in their remarks, a point underscored by two protesters that interrupted the proceedings on two separate occasions. The question now is how to protect it. And while Wheeler was able to add a pair of supporting votes to his own, none of the FCC commissioners seemed happy with the proposed regulations."… the future of the internet is the future of everything."
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