So much for liberty. The FCC passes massive government internet regulation.

[Ace Boobtoucher]

From Politico:

The Federal Communications Commission voted along party lines Thursday to approve sweeping changes to how it regulates the Internet, capping more than a year of noisy debate that sparked millions of public comments and drew the attention of President Barack Obama and congressional leaders.
The agency’s three Democrats voted to approve Chairman Tom Wheeler’s net neutrality order, which would treat broadband like a utility to ensure all Web traffic is treated equally. The commission’s two GOP members, Republican lawmakers and the nation’s telecom giants oppose the rules, saying they will dampen innovation and investment. AT&T has already threatened a legal challenge.

Three unelected bureaucrats just bypassed Congress and ****** a law regulating the private exchange of bits of information online. The internet is now regulated under rules that were established in 1934, long before the internet was ever a gleam in Alfonse Gorleone’s eye. There will be taxes. There will be licenses. There will be censorship. There will be a lack of innovation. It may not be tomorrow, but it’s coming to be sure. In short, the US government just dealt a massive blow to internet freedom.