{"id":25063,"date":"2015-02-26T21:43:46","date_gmt":"2015-02-27T02:43:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=25063"},"modified":"2015-02-26T21:43:46","modified_gmt":"2015-02-27T02:43:46","slug":"the-money-behind-net-neutrality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=25063","title":{"rendered":"The Money Behind ‘Net Neutrality’"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Washington Examiner<\/a> posted a story today about the funding behind the support for net neutrality. Net neutrality is the politically correct expression used to describe the federal government’s takeover of the internet.<\/p>\n

The article reports:<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Ford Foundation<\/a>, which claims to be the second-largest private foundation in the U.S.<\/a>, and Open Society Foundations<\/a>, founded by far-left billionaire George Soros, have given more than $196 million to pro-net neutrality groups between 2000 and 2013,\u201d said the report, authored by Media Research Center<\/a>\u2019s Joseph Rossell, and provided to Secrets.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cThese left-wing groups not only impacted the public debate and funded top liberal think tanks from the Center for American Progress<\/a> to Free Press. They also have direct ties to the White House and regulatory agencies. At least five individuals from these groups have ascended to key positions at the White House and FCC,\u201d said the report which included funding details to pro-net neutrality advocates.<\/strong><\/p>\n

This is a government takeover of the internet. It is also unconstitutional–Congress<\/a> has not passed this law–it was passed by the Federal Communications Commission<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Yesterday The Examiner<\/a> posted a story about the lack of cooperation between the FCC and Congress regarding this law.<\/p>\n

The Examiner reported:<\/p>\n

On the eve of the highly controversial attempt by Barack Obama and the Democrats to seize the Internet, FCC<\/a> Chair Tom Wheeler flat-out refused to appear before Congress for questioning. Wheeler has also refused to provide information to Congress about the government takeover, demanding that Congress approve the proposal for the federal government to seize the Internet — deceptively called “Internet neutrality<\/a>” — without knowing a thing about what they are approving.<\/strong><\/p>\n

…Supporters of so called net neutrality<\/a> have a hidden agenda they wish to implement. Under the new rules the FCC would have the power to intrude upon and regulate free speech and freedom of the press. Collectivists<\/a> have long decried the power of the people when the Internet is used to jettison their dependence on government-approved “news,” such as that which is provided by CBS, NBC, ABC, CNN, and MSNBC. Government elitists fear the truth in the hands of the people, and the Internet has allowed the people to do their own independent research and news gathering. Hillary Clinton, for example, has complained about having “too many news sources.<\/a>” She further stated that the “net neutrality” regulations would give collectivists a “foot in the door<\/a>” in the gradual move to totally control the Internet. Hillary once stated in 1998 that Internet news<\/a> “needs a rethink.”<\/strong><\/p>\n

Regardless of the motives and long-term goals of the FCC, it has become obvious in recent years that more federal regulation is never a good thing. The only good news in this is that net neutrality will be tied up in the courts for years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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