The “First Bipartisan Broadband Access Anti-Discrimination Law,” as it is called, was formally adopted on November 15th, after first passing in the Congress in 2021. The law passed with a 3-2 vote.
On the day the FCC passed the legislation, Vice President Kamala Harris praised the move in a statement. She said:
Every person in America should be able to access affordable, high-speed Internet no matter where they live or how much they earn. When President Joe Biden and I took office, 30 million people across our country did not have access to high-speed Internet. Communities of color, Native communities, rural communities, and low-income households were disproportionately disconnected.
That is why we worked with Democrats and Republicans in Congress to make the largest investment in affordable, high-speed Internet in history – $65 billion to lower the cost of monthly Internet plans and build thousands of miles of fiber-optic cable to connect every household in our nation to high-speed Internet.
One provision of our Bipartisan Infrastructure Law that President Biden signed exactly two years ago directed the Federal Communications Commission to create first-of-its-kind rules to prevent digital discrimination. Today, the FCC answered our call by voting to adopt these necessary rules, taking a critical step to prohibit digital discrimination in high-speed Internet access based on income, race, ethnicity, religion, and national origin. These rules will protect civil rights, lower costs, and increase Internet access for Americans across the country.
President Biden and I understand that getting online can be a bridge to an education, a good-paying job, quality health care, and engagement with the broader world. We will not stop fighting to make it easier for everyone to access affordable, high-speed Internet. Today’s action is another important step toward fulfilling that vision.
According to a press release to the was immediately issued after the law was passed, the FCC provided a broad overview as to what the bill entails:
The new rules establish a framework to facilitate equal access to broadband internet services by preventing digital discrimination of access. Under these rules, the FCC can protect consumers by directly addressing companies’ policies and practices if they differentially impact consumers’ access to broadband internet access service or are intended to do so, and by applying these protections to ensure communities see equitable broadband deployment, network upgrades, and maintenance.
Under the new rules, the Commission can investigate possible instances of discrimination of broadband access, work with companies to solve problems, facilitate mediation, and, when necessary, penalize companies for violating the rules. The FCC will review consumer complaints of digital discrimination of access through an improved consumer complaint portal and staff will meet monthly to assess trends in complaint patterns. Finally, the Commission adopted model policies and best practices that will support states, local and Tribal governments in their efforts to combat digital discrimination.
The FCC wrote
But the ultra-specifics of it were not addressed, explaining how this act of equality and equity would pan out.
Days prior to the vote, Brendan Carr, a commissioner on the FCC, announced that he would be voting “no,” explaining that “for the first time ever, those rules would empower the Administrative State to micromanage nearly every aspect of how the Internet functions.”
In a press release explaining his side of things, Carr says that “I agree with President Biden on this point,” on the fact that the previous Democratic policies have failed this country in rolling out new and updated communications services, but says what his administration is doing now “preparing to waste additional taxpayer dollars through its multi-billion dollar “Internet for all” initiative by pursuing extraneous political goals at the expense of connecting Americans.”
Apparently, according to Carr, Biden and bipartisan support concluded “that the FCC has never gone full command and control when it comes to regulating the Internet.”
So last month, President Biden gave the FCC its marching orders. The President called on the FCC to implement a one-page section of the 2021 Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (Infrastructure Act) by adopting new rules of breathtaking scope, all in the name of “digital equity.”
For the first time ever, those rules would give the federal government a roving mandate to micromanage nearly every aspect of how the Internet functions—from how ISPs allocate capital and where they build, to the services that consumers can purchase; from the profits that ISPs can realize and how they market and advertise services, to the discounts and promotions that consumers can receive. Talk about central planning.
Needless to say, Congress never contemplated the sweeping regulatory regime that President Biden asked the FCC to adopt—let alone authorized the agency to implement it.
Carr wrote. According to the Federal Register, the bill passed in a vote 221-201 in the House, and 69-30 in the Senate
Carr lamented that “Never before, in the roughly 40-year history of the public Internet, has the FCC (or any federal agency for that matter) claimed this degree of control over it.” Citing the text of the bill, Carr highlights the detailed control the government will not have over the internet, regulating each and every ISP:
Network infrastructure deployment, network reliability, network upgrades, network maintenance, customer-premises equipment, and installation;
Speeds, capacities, latency, data caps, throttling, pricing, promotional rates, imposition of late fees, opportunity for equipment rental, installation time, contract renewal terms, service termination terms, and use of customer credit and account history;
Mandatory arbitration clauses, pricing, deposits, discounts, customer service, language options, credit checks, marketing or advertising, contract renewal, upgrades, account termination, transfers to another covered entity, and service suspension.
Carr added:
But it gets worse. The FCC reserves the right under this plan to regulate both “actions and omissions, whether recurring or a single instance.” In other words, if you take any action, you may be liable, and if you do nothing, you may be liable. There is no path to complying with this standardless regime. It reads like a planning document drawn up in the faculty lounge of a university’s Soviet Studies Department.
Howbeit, the FCC has passed this regulation. FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel said on the day of the vote, “The language is broad, but Congress was explicit: These rules have to facilitate equal access to broadband.”
This moves comes weeks after Biden signed an executive order on a list of parameters that regulate artificial intelligence, which references the Patriot Act and the use of AI in accomplishing that law. SEE: Biden Signs Detailed Executive Order On Parameters For Artificial Intelligence, Promoting Innovation And Stopping ‘Disinformation’
AUTHOR COMMENTARY
When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice: but when the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn.
Proverbs 29:2
Well, if you thought the Patriot Act was bad, then this is up there if not even worse.
Based on the broad specifics given in this bill, it is not hard at all to imagine this being leveraged against any American and business who says or does something out of turn.
As draconian as this is, I’m almost apathetic to it at this post and all the rest of the oppression we are forced to deal with, because I am certainly not shocked and I almost expected this in a weird way.
Everywhere around the world the internet and social media is being heavily censored; and at this point it is no longer really much a viable option for the future. Of course, as I have said before, I will continue to report and serve the Lord until the door is totally locked.
SEE: UNESCO Launches Action Plan To Regulate All Internet Content And Social Media Platforms
[1] Finally, brethren, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may have free course, and be glorified, even as it is with you: [2] And that we may be delivered from unreasonable and wicked men: for all men have not faith. [3] But the Lord is faithful, who shall stablish you, and keep you from evil. 2 Thessalonians 3:1-3
[7] Who goeth a warfare any time at his own charges? who planteth a vineyard, and eateth not of the fruit thereof? or who feedeth a flock, and eateth not of the milk of the flock? [8] Say I these things as a man? or saith not the law the same also? [9] For it is written in the law of Moses, Thou shalt not muzzle the mouth of the ox that treadeth out the corn. Doth God take care for oxen? [10] Or saith he it altogether for our sakes? For our sakes, no doubt, this is written: that he that ploweth should plow in hope; and that he that thresheth in hope should be partaker of his hope. (1 Corinthians 9:7-10).
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Jacob, you could not have picked a more perfect verse than 2 Thessalonians 3:1-3 above to describe the brutish leaders who illegitimately rule over this country.
It’s as if Paul pushed back some sort of time curtain and could see all the brutish men who run around in Washington DC and Rome, thinking up incessant schemes to oppress this country. We all know who is really calling the shots. If they only knew just how wretched they really are. I am so beyond wasting any mental energy worrying about these buffoons anymore, and I can see myself referring to this verse often in the days to come.
Another words; you will watch what we tell ya to, and we decide what is true and what is false.
Commy thru and thru
You ought to know NEVER to let GODvernment take over something. Then it belongs to bunch of ragtag people who don’t own it, thus won’t manage it right, and then kick the can down the road forever. Leaving you in misery for the rest of your natural lives.
They can take their equity and shove it where the sun doesn’t shine. Anti Discrimination Law? Those three words were used to sway the ignorant Bipartisan fools in Congress. It will have nothing to do with “Equity” or “Anti Discrimination Law” and everything to do with government control of narratives and information, OF WHICH WE CITIZENS WILL BE THE LOSERS !
The FEDS are going to try and keep patriots and truth tellers from communicating the truth about all the lies the government is trying to shove down our throats, about things such as Gun Control and that sick tranny debacle.
Jacob said something about doing all that he could do while the door was open. I think about that a lot in my own life. We will run the race for the Lord using the tools at our disposal, including the internet, until God’s enemies stop our access to it.
Of course they will continue to allow all the smut that’s on the internet to keep going, including using God’s name in vain, but we’re not allowed to say His name in reverent worship of Him. As always, unfair practices, but some day their day of Judgement is coming and they will have NO say so or leadership anymore Hooray and Hallelujah! Can’t wait for that day cause we will be out of here by then. See you all soon, folks.
Passing laws is the job of congress, Not the FCC. Who do these people think they are? This unconstitutional law is null and void, On its face.