Tuesday, December 30, 2008
Martin drops filtering from Wi-Fi plan, FCC meets today
FCC Chairman Kevin Martin has told Ars Technica that he wants to move ahead with his nationwide free Wi-Fi plan so badly that he's willing to drop the requirement for a smut filter. Matt Lasar of Ars T says Martin told him
"I'm saying if this is a problem for people, let's take it away . . . A lot of public interest advocates have said they would support this, but we're concerned about the filter. Well, now there's an item in front of the Commissioners and it no longer has the filter. And I've already voted for it without the filter now. So it's already got one vote."
Hmmm. One nationwide provider. Revenues from advertising. The motivation to snoop and discriminate would be overwhelming. How about neutrality and privacy rules?
The commission meets today at 11 AM today by teleconference. At the moment, there are no items on the agenda. FCC meeting notice [.pdf] is here.
"I'm saying if this is a problem for people, let's take it away . . . A lot of public interest advocates have said they would support this, but we're concerned about the filter. Well, now there's an item in front of the Commissioners and it no longer has the filter. And I've already voted for it without the filter now. So it's already got one vote."
Hmmm. One nationwide provider. Revenues from advertising. The motivation to snoop and discriminate would be overwhelming. How about neutrality and privacy rules?
The commission meets today at 11 AM today by teleconference. At the moment, there are no items on the agenda. FCC meeting notice [.pdf] is here.
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