Friday, June 23, 2006
Handsoff is lying (caught 'em in the act)
Seems that nobody over at HandsOff.Astroturf.ILEC.org is monitoring what the message is. Matt Stoller points out that they, "Oppose Network Neutrality" and "Support Network Neutrality" simultaneously. One of them is a lie.
The second assertion is the lie. It is a TV ad that endorses the Martin FCC's four watered down consumer entitlements, formerly known as The Four Internet Freedoms. [my analysis here] It opens by saying that these entitlements protect network neutrality. False. They're a band-aid. Most importantly, they don't address content or service CREATION!
Also, the TV ad mischaracterizes what the four entitlements actually say.
Also, the four entitlements are limited by (a) the needs of law enforcement, (b) a requirement that they "don't harm the network", (c) reasonable network management. Who decides what these mean? "The needs of law enforcement," are pretty broad these days. And, since Congress refuses to give the FCC rule making authority to enforce the entitlements, then what law enforcement doesn't prohibit is up to the telco based on "harm to the network," and "reasonable network management."
In other words, the TV commercial is a double lie. a) The four entitlements don't support network neutrality, and (b) Handsoff doesn't either.
The second assertion is the lie. It is a TV ad that endorses the Martin FCC's four watered down consumer entitlements, formerly known as The Four Internet Freedoms. [my analysis here] It opens by saying that these entitlements protect network neutrality. False. They're a band-aid. Most importantly, they don't address content or service CREATION!
Also, the TV ad mischaracterizes what the four entitlements actually say.
Also, the four entitlements are limited by (a) the needs of law enforcement, (b) a requirement that they "don't harm the network", (c) reasonable network management. Who decides what these mean? "The needs of law enforcement," are pretty broad these days. And, since Congress refuses to give the FCC rule making authority to enforce the entitlements, then what law enforcement doesn't prohibit is up to the telco based on "harm to the network," and "reasonable network management."
In other words, the TV commercial is a double lie. a) The four entitlements don't support network neutrality, and (b) Handsoff doesn't either.
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