'Political malware': Will net neutrality rules lead to silencing free speech?

Once the federal government controls something, it seldom cedes any power. It usually leads to more and more of a stranglehold on whatever is being controlled. Is it unreasonable to think that more government control of the internet could lead to infringement of individual rights? If the IRS can be used to target political opponents, why not the FCC?  American Commitment’s Phil Kerpen reminds us that there are people on the Left who are already considering the possibility.

Just remembered this classic quote about a public utility Internet paving the way for silencing climate skeptics. pic.twitter.com/ZTxfBKHFVU

— Phil Kerpen (@kerpen) February 27, 2015

@kerpen @redsteeze Hoooooly Crap

— Beelzebub’s Tesseract (@CJHerod) February 27, 2015

https://twitter.com/MikeRigas/status/571117497111486464

@kerpen @redsteeze climate 'disinformation' is 'cultural & political malware' on the net – kiss freedom of speech bye-bye

— DondaKay (@dkwcs08) February 27, 2015

Scary.

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