{"id":5766,"date":"2010-06-17T15:37:05","date_gmt":"2010-06-17T19:37:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/?p=5766"},"modified":"2010-06-17T18:39:27","modified_gmt":"2010-06-17T22:39:27","slug":"cfif-criticizes-fcc-ploy-to-commandeer-internet-sector","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/5766\/cfif-criticizes-fcc-ploy-to-commandeer-internet-sector\/","title":{"rendered":"CFIF Criticizes FCC Ploy to Commandeer Internet Sector"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted 3-2 along purely partisan lines today to commence federal government micro-regulation of Internet service.\u00a0 In response, Timothy Lee, CFIF&#8217;s Vice President of Legal and Public Affairs, issued the following <a href=\"http:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/index.php\/press-room\/651-cfif-criticizes-fcc-ploy-to-commandeer-internet-sector\" target=\"_blank\">statement<\/a>:\u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>This spring, a unanimous D.C. Court of Appeals ruled that the FCC doesn\u2019t possess authority to impose so-called \u2018Net Neutrality\u2019 over the Internet.\u00a0 In a brazen ploy to circumvent the Court\u2019s ruling, Chairman Genachowski and the FCC today began the process of classifying the Internet as a\u00a0public utility\u00a0under laws drafted for Depression-era landline telephones.\u00a0 Their ultimate goal is to overregulate one of the few bright spots of the American economy.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Internet sector has prospered over the past two decades precisely because the federal government has refrained from micromanaging it.\u00a0 That \u2018hands off\u2019 policy spans both the Clinton and Bush administrations, during which time the Internet has become the most dynamic, innovative and promising sector of our economy and lives.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat is why almost 250 members of Congress from both parties wrote the FCC admonishing it to refrain from unnecessary overregulation.\u00a0 That\u2019s why a unanimous D.C. Court of Appeals ruled that the FCC doesn\u2019t possess authority to impose so-called \u2018Net Neutrality\u2019 over the Internet.\u00a0 And, that\u2019s why the American public opposes \u2018Net Neutrality\u2019 by a two-to-one margin.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnfortunately, all that means nothing to Chairman Genachowski and those scheming to impose counterproductive and unnecessary regulations on the Internet by any means necessary.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe FCC\u2019s destructive action will only create regulatory uncertainty, which will discourage private investment, Internet innovation, continued broadband expansion and job growth.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Center for Individual Freedom now calls on all Americans to support H.R. 3924, sponsored Representative Marsha Blackburn (R\u2013TN), which will ensure that Congress and the American people determine this matter, not unelected bureaucrats at the FCC.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted 3-2 along purely partisan lines today to commence federal government micro-regulation of Internet service.\u00a0 In response, Timothy Lee, CFIF&#8217;s Vice President of Legal and Public Affairs, issued the following statement:\u00a0 This spring, a unanimous D.C. 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