A NUMBER OF TECH GIANTS ARE SPEAKING OUT TODAY AND
TITLING THE DAY A DAY OF ACTION IN ORDER TO RAISE AWARENESS
ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF NET NEUTRALITY AND HOW THE SEC
COULD POTENTIALLY DISMANTLE IT.
AJIT PAI, SOMEONE WE TALKED ABOUT QUITE A BIT ON THE SHOWS
SEC'S NEW CHAIRMAN AND HE WAS APPOINTED BY PRESIDENT TRUMP.
HE WAS TO SCRAP THE OPEN INTERNET PROTECTIONS
INSTALLED IN 2015 UNDER THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION.
THOSE CONSUMER PROTECTIONS MEANS PROVIDERS SUCH AS AT&T,
CHARTER, COMCAST, AND VERIZON ARE PREVENTED FROM BLOCKING
A SLOWDOWN ACCESS TO THE WEB.
A NUMBER OF THESE TECH GIANTS DECIDED TO APPROACH US IN
DIFFERENT WAYS AND AT FIRST I WANTED TO APPLAUD THEM BECAUSE I
THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THEM TO GET INVOLVED THEN WHEN I DUG A
LITTLE DEEPER I REALIZE THAT IN REALITY, REDDIT IS THE ONLY ONE
THAT DID SOMETHING THAT ACTUALLY GRAB PEOPLE'S ATTENTION.
LET'S GO TO THAT.
IF YOU GO TO REDDIT YOU'LL SEE THIS THING POP UP, THIS IS THE
FIRST THING YOU'LL SEE AND IT BASICALLY LETS YOU KNOW THAT IF
YOU GET RID OF NET NEUTRALITY IT IS GOING TO SLOW DOWN CERTAIN
WEBPAGES THAT YOU MIGHT VIEW OFTEN.
IT'LL BE DIFFICULT FOR YOU TO GET THE TYPE OF CONTENT
THAT YOU LIKE SO IT IS A PIXELATED LOGO THAT LOADS
IN ITS UPPER LEFT CORNER BEFORE BEGGING USERS TO UPGRADE
THEIR MONTHLY BANDWIDTH ALLOWANCE.
MEANWHILE A POP UP BLOCKS THE PAGE IT TYPES OUT AT A
FRUSTRATINGLY LOW-SPEED.
THE INTERNETS LEST FUN WHEN YOUR FAVORITE SLIDES LOAD
SLOWLY, ISN'T IT?
I LOVE THAT BECAUSE IT MAKES PEOPLE REALIZE THE
IMPORTANCE OF NET NEUTRALITY IF THEY DIDN'T REALLY SUPPORT THE
THINK ABOUT IT, PEOPLE I READ IT ARE LESS LIKELY DOES STICK
AROUND BECAUSE THEY ARE ANNOYED BY THE SLOW TYPING MESSAGE AND A
LOT OF THEM WANT TO GET THE MESSAGE, BUT REDDIT USERS, WELL
THERE ARE A LOT OF ADJECTIVES FOR THEM BUT THEY ARE CERTAINLY
MORE SOPHISTICATED WHEN IT COMES TO THE INTERNET SO AT LEAST
MOST OF THEM WILL UNDERSTAND IT.
THEY ARE NOT THE AVERAGE INTERNET USER BUT STILL, THEY
ARE RISKING REVENUE FOR THAT DAY, THEY ARE RISKING SOME SORT
OF PEOPLE LEAVING THAT DAY, ETC. AND THEY ARE DOING IT FOR THE
RIGHT CAUSE SO ALL THE CREDIT IN THE WORLD TO REDDIT THERE.
AND USUALLY, THAT IS THE EPICENTER FOR THE FIGHT
BACK AGAINST RULES LIKE THIS.
IT IS.
ALEXIS OHANIAN WHO IS A COFOUNDER OF REDDIT HAS BEEN
FIGHTING VERY VOCAL TRYING TO FIGHT AGAINST NET
NEUTRALITY AND IN FACT THE LAST BATTLE, HE WAS PROBABLY THE
MOST VOCAL MEMBER IN THE TECH WORLD AND I LOVE HIM FOR IT.
THAT IS A RARE PLACE, I'M DOING, I'M NOT HUNDRED PERCENT
POSITIVE WITH THE RIGHT WING ON REDDIT THINK ABOUT THIS BUT THE
LAST I HEARD LEFT RING IN THE RIGHT WING AGROUND THIS ISSUE.
OF COURSE BECAUSE IT AFFECTS EVERYBODY NEGATIVELY
REGARDLESS OF WHAT YOUR POLITICAL IDEOLOGY IS.
NOW I AM GOING TO KIND OF BE CRITICAL OF OTHER TECH
GIANTS BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE THEY DIDN'T DO ENOUGH.
LET'S START WITH GOOGLE.
GOOGLE HAS A BLOG POST UP, STATING THE NET NEUTRALITY
RULES THAT PROTECT THE OPEN INTERNET ARE IN DANGER OF
BEING DISMANTLED.
IT IS A BLOG POST.
YOU'LL SEE ANYTHING IF YOU GO TO THE HOMEPAGE.
THEY HAVE THE GOOGLE DOODLE, THEY HAVEN'T DONE ANYTHING WITH
THAT AND I JUST WANT TO ASK, MAYBE I AM COMPLETELY UNAWARE
AND THE GOOGLE BLOG POSTS ARE TEARING IT UP, THEY GO VIRAL
AND EVERYONE CAN'T WAIT FOR THE NEXT GOOGLE BLOG POST, BUT I
AM UNDER THE ASSUMPTION THAT NO ONE READS GOOGLE BLOG POSTS AND
LIST THEIR LOOKING FOR SOMETHING INVOLVING TROUBLESHOOTING.
YEAH, I'M OF TWO MINDS ON THIS IT.
1ST OF ALL I THINK THAT THEY ARE DOING ANYTHING IS GREAT
BECAUSE NO, NO ONE IS GOING TO INDEPENDENTLY GO TO A
GOOGLE BLOG POST BUT IT WILL GET INCLUDED IN THE PRESS ARTICLES.
IT WILL AND I THINK THAT'S THE REASON WHY THEY DID IT.
THEY CAN TAKE CREDIT FOR IT, BUT ON THE OTHER HAND, ELISA
NAME IS IN THERE AS GOOGLE IS FIGHTING FOR NET NEUTRALITY AND
THAT HAS SOME EFFECT SO THAT IS NOT SUCH A BAD THING FOR PEOPLE
WHO ARE EITHER NEUTRAL NATION CAN BE SWAYED BUT MUCH MORE
IMPORTANTLY, FOR POLITICIANS THAT GOOGLE HAS SOME SWAY
OVER BECAUSE OF POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS.
WE WILL GET TO THAT ANGLE AND A 2ND.
ALSO, VIDEOGAME STREAMING SITES WHICH HAS A BANNER
ANNOUNCEMENT ON ITS CHANNEL PAGE WHILE ALSO REPLACING ITS
GLOBAL MODES WITH A SPINNING WELL FOR 24 HOURS.
THAT IS GOOD.
ITíS NOT BAD.
LOOK, WE CAN NITPICK ALL THESE BUT I
WILL TICKED WHICH, THAT IS NOT BAD.
I AM WITH YOU, OF COURSE I WISH THE GOOGLE I PUT IT ON THE
MAIN PAGE.
APPLE IS NOT DOING ANYTHING, SO FAR BY THE WAY.
I DIDN'T SEE FACEBOOK ON THE LIST.
I KNOW FACEBOOK HAS BEEN ON THE LIST FOR BEING FOR NET
NEUTRALITY SO THAT IS GREAT, I DIDN'T SEE THEM DOING ANYTHING
ON THIS PARTICULAR DAY BUT LOOK, FURTHER CONTEXT, LAST TIME
THERE WAS A FIGHT ON THIS ISSUE BACK IN 2015
AND OBAMA WAS IN CHARGE AND 4 MILLION PEOPLE SENT IN
LETTERS SAYING PLEASE KEEP NET NEUTRALITY.
PART OF THE REASON THEY DID IT, IT ARE ALREADY HAD A
ENORMOUS ORGANIC GROWTH BUT ONE DAY THE TECH COMPANIES GOT
TOGETHER AND THEY ALL PUT A STATEMENT ON THEIR SITE SAYING
HEY, FIGHT ON THIS ISSUE AND IT WORKED AND IT WAS WONDERFUL.
IT WAS BIGGER THAN TODAY.
BUT THAT DIDN'T SWAY OBAMA.
THE CONVENTIONAL WISDOM IS IT SWAYED OBAMA.
IT DIDN'T.
HE DIDN'T ACT AFTER THE FORMERLY IN LETTERS.
HE ONLY ACTED AFTER GOOGLE AND FACEBOOK AND A COUPLE OTHER
LARGE TECH COMPANIES SAID, FINALLY CAME OUT AND OPENLY
DECLARED YES, WE'RE FOR NET NEUTRALITY.
THE REASON GOOGLE AND FACEBOOK ARE UNDERSTANDABLY ON THE
FENCE OF YOU LOOK AT IT JUST FROM THEIR BUSINESS POINT
OF VIEW IS YES, THEY WOULD HAVE TO PAY THE INTERNET SERVICE
PROVIDERS MORE MONEY SO THEY WOULD HAVE TO PAY A RANSOM
TO COMCAST VERIZON AT&T, ETC.
BUT THEY ARE SO BIG THEY CAN AFFORD AND IT WOULD KNOCK
OUT ALL OF THE LITTLE GUYS.
ALL THE COMPETITION.
ACTUALLY THAT'S WHILE REALLY REALLY WANT TO GIVE CREDIT
TO GOOGLE AND FACEBOOK AND THEY ARE PARTNERS TWOS I WANT TO
DISCLOSE THAT, BUT I WANT TO GIVE THEM HUGE CREDIT FOR
FIGHTING ON THIS ISSUE BECAUSE WE WOULDN'T HAVE EVEN ONE IN
2015 IF THEY DIDN'T PUT THEIR POLITICAL CONTRIBUTION AT
LEAST IMPLIED THREATS BEHIND THAT.
I APPLAUD THEM FOR WHAT THEY HAVE DONE IN THE PAST, BUT IT IS
A WHOLE NEW BATTLE AND WE HAVE TO FIGHT EVEN HARDER THIS TIME
AROUND WITH AJIT PAI AND DONALD TRUMP.
I AM BEING UNFAIR BECAUSE THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING.
THERE'S STILL TIME FOR THEM TO DO SOMETHING.
MAYBE IN THE NEAR FUTURE THEY WILL DO SOMETHING MORE
AGGRESSIVE AND IT WILL HAVE ACTUAL RESULTS BUT I AM JUST
SPEAKING ABOUT TODAY, I FEEL LIKE THEY COULD'VE DONE MORE.
I HEAR YOU ON THAT, BUT THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS
THAT WE DO WHEN WE DON'T HAVE AN ANSWER FOR YOU.
WHEN YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT PUBLIC COMMENTS, THIS TIME
AROUND THERE'S ALREADY BEEN 5.1 MILLION COMMENTS/LETTERS SENT
INTO THE FCC, SO IT'S NOT LIKE THEY DON'T KNOW WHICH SIDE
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ARE ON.
THEY KNOW IN THE POLLING SHOWS OVERWHELMINGLY THAT PEOPLE ONE
AT NEUTRALITY SO THE QUESTION IS, AJIT PAI IS IN MY
OPINION CLEARLY SYSTEMICALLY CORRUPTED.
HE WAS A VERIZON LAWYER WHO WAS BROUGHT INTO THE FCC TO
REPRESENT COMPANIES LIKE VERIZON HE WAS JUST WAITING THERE.
HE WAS IN THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION BUT
NONPOWERED TRUNK IT'S IN IN IS LIKE WHO CAN I SERVICE?
TRUNK IS GREAT, NOW GET MY DONORS EXACTLY WHAT THEY WANT
WHICH IS THE EXACT OPPOSITE OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE AND THE
QUESTION IS, ARE GOOGLE AND FACEBOOK AND ALL OF THOSE GUYS
GOING TO MOUNT UP AND FIGHT AGAIN WHEN IT COMES TO THE
LOBBYIST LEVEL BECAUSE IF THEY ENGAGE IN THAT FIGHT, WE
CAN WIN AGAIN BUT IF THEY EVEN STAY NEUTRAL, WE ARE DONE
FOR AND THEY ARE GOING TO KILL NET NEUTRALITY.
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