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History: Marxist ideologues and Soros funding
If, as critics of "net neutrality" fear, regulations actually cause networks to be swamped and slowed by increased bandwidth use, the Internet could become less usable for everyone.
If, as critics of "net neutrality" fear, regulations actually cause networks to be swamped and slowed by increased bandwidth use, the Internet could become less usable for everyone.
==History==
Early on, many of the supporters of Net Neutrality were [[Marxist]] [[Fellow traveller]]s.<ref>[http://www.nationalreview.com/article/414483/comrades-net-neutrality-john-fund Comrades for Net Neutrality]</ref> Socialist activist Robert McChesney, founder of the group "Free Press", devoted himself to the cause of a government takeover<ref>[https://townhall.com/columnists/setonmotley/2017/05/01/net-neutrality-venezuela-for-the-internet-n2320690 Net Neutrality: Venezuela for the Internet]</ref> of the internet. Generally, McChesney makes similar arguments that any other Net Neutrality supporter does in regards to fears regarding the role of corporate entities and internet subscriptions. But in an interview in 2009 with a publication ''The Socialist Project/The Bullet'', in which he believed he was talking to a crowd more sympathetic to his true beliefs and also that his words would not be seen by anybody else, McChesney admitted to the following:
<blockquote>The ultimate goal is to get rid of the media capitalists in the phone and cable companies and to divest them from control.<ref>[http://www.socialistproject.ca/bullet/246.php Media Capitalism, the State and 21st Century Media Democracy Struggles], An interview with Robert McChesney</ref></blockquote>
Large amounts of funding from [[George Soros]] have gone toward projects and organizations to fund the advancement of Net Neutrality.<ref>[http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/soros-ford-foundation-shovel-196-million-to-net-neutrality-groups-staff-to-white-house/article/2560702 Soros, Ford Foundation shovel $196 million to 'net neutrality' groups, staff to White House]</ref>
==Exceptions for special interests==
==Exceptions for special interests==
The EFF, a [[libertarian]]-leaning legal organization which opposes most regulation of the Internet, points out that government regulation of the Internet has historically been pro-special-interests and pro-Hollywood.<ref>http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2010/08/google-verizon-netneutrality</ref> The EFF points to proposals already being discussed:
The EFF, a [[libertarian]]-leaning legal organization which opposes most regulation of the Internet, points out that government regulation of the Internet has historically been pro-special-interests and pro-Hollywood.<ref>http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2010/08/google-verizon-netneutrality</ref> The EFF points to proposals already being discussed:
==Regulatory efforts==
==Regulatory efforts==
On September 21, 2009, FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski proposed increased FCC enforcement of already-existing "net neutrality" rules. He and his supporters described the possible new regulations as keeping the internet open; Genachowski himself said "I am convinced that there are few goals more essential in the communications landscape than preserving and maintaining an open and robust Internet," and Democratic Representative Ed Markey called the proposal "a significant step towards preserving the free and open nature" of the Internet.<ref>http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125354032776727741.html</ref><ref>http://news.cnet.com/Qwest-CEO-supports-tiered-Internet/2100-1034_3-6050109.html</ref>
On September 21, 2009, FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski proposed increased FCC enforcement of already-existing "net neutrality" rules. He and his supporters described the possible new regulations as keeping the internet open; Genachowski himself said "I am convinced that there are few goals more essential in the communications landscape than preserving and maintaining an open and robust Internet," and Democratic Representative Ed Markey called the proposal "a significant step towards preserving the free and open nature" of the Internet.<ref>http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125354032776727741.html</ref><ref>http://news.cnet.com/Qwest-CEO-supports-tiered-Internet/2100-1034_3-6050109.html</ref>
==References==
==References==
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