{"id":40795,"date":"2014-07-15T10:10:15","date_gmt":"2014-07-15T17:10:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/?p=40795"},"modified":"2014-07-15T10:12:20","modified_gmt":"2014-07-15T17:12:20","slug":"massive-public-opposition-emerges-to-fcc-rules-violating-net-neutrality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/2014\/07\/15\/massive-public-opposition-emerges-to-fcc-rules-violating-net-neutrality\/","title":{"rendered":"Massive Public Opposition Emerges to FCC Rules Violating Net Neutrality"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><ul class=\"inline-playlist playlist\" title=\"\"><li><a href=\"http:\/\/archive.org\/download\/20140715Uprising\/2014_07_15_net_neutrality.mp3\">Listen to this segment with Kevin Huang <\/a><\/li><\/ul><ul class=\"inline-playlist playlist\" title=\"\"><li><a href=\"http:\/\/archive.org\/download\/20140715Uprising\/2014_07_15_uprising.mp3\">Listen to the entire program with Sonali Kolhatkar<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" align=right width=50% src=\"\/home\/graphics\/net_neutrality_2014.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>More than 600,000 Americans have filed comments to the Federal Communications Commission on the issue of Net Neutrality \u2013 the idea that the internet is a level playing field whether you&#8217;re a behemoth like Google or a citizen journalist with a brand new blog. <\/p>\n<p>FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler proposed a new set of rules several weeks ago that critics say would eviscerate that level playing field by effectively creating a fast lane for businesses who can pay more for faster broadband service, and a slower lane for, well &#8211; everyone else. <\/p>\n<p>That everyone else includes the website for this show and this radio station, as well as new start-up and small independent businesses, new media ventures, non-profit organizations, and more. <\/p>\n<p>Big companies like Google, Facebook, and Yahoo have joined forces through their trade association in support of preserving Net Neutrality. Today is the last day in the first round of a public comments period. <\/p>\n<p><em>GUEST: Kevin Huang, campaign manager with Fight for the Future.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Comments to the FCC can be emailed to <a href=\"mailto:openinternet@fcc.gov\">openinternet@fcc.gov<\/a>. Visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fcc.gov\">www.fcc.gov<\/a> to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.battleforthenet.com\">www.battleforthenet.com<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>More than 600,000 Americans have filed comments to the Federal Communications Commission on the issue of Net Neutrality \u2013 the idea that the internet is a level playing field whether you&#8217;re a behemoth like Google or a citizen journalist with a brand new blog. FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler proposed a new set of rules several [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40795","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-program"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40795","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40795"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40795\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40810,"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40795\/revisions\/40810"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40795"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40795"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40795"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}