Congress Legalizes Internet Censorship

(aka Net Neutrality reversed)
http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2014/01/court-kills-net-neutrality/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usB-FDET3ds

So now, ISPs have free reign over what they will allow you to access over the internet even if it is legal content you are trying to access. If they (the ISP) don't like it, or don't want you accessing it, they can block it on a whim. Legally. They can even choose to charge you extra to access certain content over the net that is normally freely available, or to use certain applications that compete with services they (the ISP) offer. It's basically legalized black mail.

I can't say this really surprises me that much given how much shitty censorship legislation congress has been trying to force feed us for the last 5 years or so (PIPA, SOPA, ACTA, etc.), but that doesn't make this any less shit.

This is just another example of a room full of old, irrelevant men passing laws on stuff they don't have a single freaking clue about. Why do they care? Because they are all shills for big corporations who want to push this garbage on us so they can squeeze more money out of the American public, or push their garbage services over something we would choose ourselves that has nothing to do with them.

'Murica!

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