{"id":72980,"date":"2017-05-21T20:19:54","date_gmt":"2017-05-22T00:19:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=72980"},"modified":"2017-05-21T20:21:56","modified_gmt":"2017-05-22T00:21:56","slug":"net-neutrality-supporters-want-to-ban-drudge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=72980","title":{"rendered":"Net Neutrality Supporters Want to \u2018Ban Drudge\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

Advocates for ‘free and open Internet’ picket outside FCC<\/h1>\n

BY: Elizabeth Harrington<\/p>\n

Alt-left advocates for net neutrality, who say they want a “free and open internet,” want to ban the Drudge Report.<\/p>\n

Members of the alt-left who have been\u00a0tied to violent protests<\/a> in the past picketed outside the Federal Communications Commission on Thursday in protest of Chairman Ajit Pai’s proposal to reverse net neutrality<\/a> rules. The FCC will vote to undo the Obama era Title II rule that classified Internet service providers as utilities, subjecting them to more federal regulation.<\/p>\n

Protesters covering their faces held signs that read “Ban Drudge,” with a no symbol over the Drudge Report, the highly trafficked news website run by Matt Drudge. Other protesters held signs to ban other news websites, including Breitbart and InfoWars.<\/p>\n

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Organizers of the campaign “Protect Our Internet” are connected<\/a> to PopularResistance.org, which features several members of the antifascist (antifa) campaign.<\/p>\n

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Protect Our Internet claims<\/a> its mission is to “keep the internet vibrant, free and equal.”<\/p>\n

The campaign also claims net neutrality rules are “protecting our freedom to use the internet!”<\/p>\n

A report<\/a> released this week found that net neutrality regulations lead to higher internet prices for consumers and less innovation.<\/p>\n

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