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LiberalElite

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Thu Dec 11, 2014, 11:26 PM Dec 2014

Net neutrality supporters disrupt FCC meeting

Source: PC World

About a dozen protestors calling on the U.S. Federal Communications Commission to pass net neutrality rules disrupted the commission’s meeting for a short time Thursday.

Protestors shouting and carrying signs interrupted the beginning of the FCC’s meeting as commissioners were hearing from staff members, teachers and administrators about proposed changes to the agency’s E-Rate program, which subsidizes broadband service for schools and libraries.

Protestors called on the FCC to vote to reclassify broadband as a regulated utility under Title II of the Communications Act. “We need to have Title II on the agenda,” one protestor shouted. “We need to guarantee net neutrality!”

Read more: http://www.pcworld.com/article/2858952/net-neutrality-supporters-disrupt-fcc-meeting.html

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