Quote:That has zero to do with net neutrality. It isn't the first time that Feinstein advocated banning the anarchist's cookbook. She's done it in the past several times. And it's never happened.


In fact in 2009, Feinstein tried to kill Net Neutrality.


The spin masters of course are going to try to turn this into something about Net Neutrality. When it's actually about the first amendment.


What's being regulated in Net Neutrality is quite simple -- how companies treat internet traffic. It has nothing to do with censorship of the internet. SOPA/PIPA were internet censorship bills, and proponents of Net Neutrality were far and wide against them.


Before it was PIPA, it was COICA, which was blocked. Feinstein was also in favor of that. This was long before the FCC ever proposed their Net Neutrality rules by the way.

But doesn't net neutrality give them full oversight of the internet? They might not do it under the umbrella of net neutrality but the legitimate concern is they would now have full authority over the internet since it's now categorized as a utility.


Feinstein isn't the only one wanting to censor information. I'm just uneasy giving them so much control over the flow of information.

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