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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Here's what happened after that brief experiment was repealed under the Trump Administration and Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Ajit Pai - internet speeds skyrocketed despite late-night comedians' and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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Not the Apple of His Eye Print
Thursday, July 18 2013

A Tennessee man who blames Apple for the demise of his marriage is suing the technology giant, claiming it failed to install any filter in its devices to prevent his porn addiction.
 
Chris Sevier calls Apple a “silent poisoner” responsible for the proliferation of “arousal addiction, sex trafficking, prostitution, and countless numbers of destroyed lives.”  In his 50-page complaint, Sevier claims he had never seen porn of any kind or been to a strip club or sex shop until he got his Apple MacBook.  He further claims that his addiction started when he accidentally replaced the “a-c-e” in Facebook with a “u-c-k,” launching him to an adult website that “appealed to his biological sensibilities as a male and led to an unwanted addiction with adverse consequences.”
 
According to news reports, Sevier alleges that he started to prefer the images on the “F***book site” to his own wife, causing his wife to “disappear” with his son. He further accuses Apple of enabling “unfair competition” between porn actresses and his wife.
 
“The Plaintiff became depressed and despondent, unable to work as a result of observing porn on his MacBook and the impact it caused,” Sevier’s lawyer said.
 
A former attorney, Sevier claims in his complaint that since Apple is “concerned with the welfare of our Nation’s children, while furthering pro-American values” it should “sell all of its devices in ‘safe mode,’ with software preset to filter out pornographic content.” Sevier is seeking damages from Apple, but said he will drop the lawsuit if Apple agrees to sell devices with a “safe mode."
 
Source: HuffingtonPost.com

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