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[–] [email protected] 66 points 1 year ago (1 children)

$$$ and because the ISPs don't get charged for unethical and blantly illegal activities...

The real question should be why is the internet not a public utility yet..? Huh FCC/CRTC...?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yep. Democrats should run making it a utility.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I mean hell, they could follow through with their promises for bringing back net neutrality.

They introduced a bill in 2022, but nothing much has happened with it since then. Probably because it would fail to pass the Republican dominated House of Representatives.