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Image of the Day: U.S. Internet Speeds Skyrocketed After Ending Failed Title II "Net Neutrality" Experiment

CFIF often highlights how the Biden Administration's bizarre decision to resurrect failed Title II "Net Neutrality" internet regulation, which caused private broadband investment to decline for the first time ever outside of a recession during its brief experiment at the end of the Obama Administration, is a terrible idea that will only punish consumers if allowed to take effect.

Here's what happened after that brief experiment was repealed under the Trump Administration and Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Ajit Pai - internet speeds skyrocketed despite late-night comedians' and left-wing activists' warnings that the internet was doomed:

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="515"] Internet Speeds Post-"Net Neutrality"[/caption]

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April 19, 2024 • 09:51 AM

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Home Jester's Courtroom Lawsuit Makes it Loud and Clear that Man Angered by Prank
Lawsuit Makes it Loud and Clear that Man Angered by Prank Print
Tuesday, May 22 2012

A New Jersey Wal-Mart is being sued for $1 million in damages after a 16-year-old boy commandeered the store's PA system and announced: "Attention Wal-Mart customers: All black people leave the store now." 

Donnell Battie, who is African American, is suing the Washington Township (NJ) store, claiming that the prank caused him to suffered emotional distress.  Despite the fact that a manager of the store quickly took control of the microphone and had the prankster arrested, Battie's lawyers claim the mega-store was negligent and reckless in allowing the incident to occur, and that Battie suffered from a number of psychological disorders as a result.  

—Source:  now.msn.com

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"Remember when progressives said the Trump Administration's rollback of net neutrality would break the internet? Federal Communications Commission Chair Jessica Rosenworcel now concedes this was wrong, yet she plans to reclaim political control over the internet anyway to stop a parade of new and highly doubtful horribles.The FCC on Thursday is expected to vote to reclassify broadband providers as…[more]
 
 
— Wall Street Journal Editorial Board
 
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