AJIT PAI IS HEAD OF THE FCC, THE FEDERAL INDICATIONS
COMMISSION, AND HE'S HONESTLY A CORPORATE HACK.
HE USED TO WORK
FOR VERIZON, GOT PAID A GOOD AMOUNT OF MONEY FROM THEM, THEN
REPUBLICANS PUT HIM AT THE FCC TO MAKE SURE HE CHANGED THE
RULES IN FAVOR OF COMPANIES LIKE -- VERIZON.
IT'S NOT JUST THEM,
IT'S AT&T AND OTHER INTERNET PROVIDERS.
NOW, THE REASON YOU
HAVE THE INTERNET AS YOU DO NOW, WHICH IS FREE AND OPEN, IS
BECAUSE THERE WERE REGULATIONS PUT INTO PLACE.
THE REGULATIONS
DO NOT GO AND INTERFERE WITH THE INTERNET, IN THIS CASE IT'S A
REGULATION THAT SIMPLY PROTECTS THE INTERNET, THAT SAYS THAT
COMPANIES WHO HAVE THE PIPES GOING INTO YOUR HOUSE CANNOT
THEMSELVES REGULATE THE INTERNET UNFAIRLY, AND SLOW DOWN SOME
WEBSITES, SPEED UP OTHER WEBSITES, AND CREATE AN UNEQUAL
INTERNET.
ALL IT DOES IS PROTECT THE INTERNET.
SO AJIT PAI WAS
BROUGHT IN TO DESTROY THAT, AND IN MAY HE GOT HIS FIRST VOTE
THAT HE WANTED, TO BEGIN TO END NET NEUTRALITY.
AS WE GO THROUGH
THIS EXPLAIN TO YOU WHY THE RIGHT WING IS ACTUALLY OPPOSED
TO HIM, THE ONES THAT ARE ONLINE, AND WHY THEY ARE RIGHT.
FIRST LET ME GIVE YOU WHAT HAPPENED TODAY --
NOW, LET ME BEGIN THE EXPLANATION FOR THE
RIGHT-WINGERS.
YOU MIGHT SEE THAT AND SAY IF REPUBLICANS LIKE
HIM I SHOULD LIKE HIM, AND OBAMA ERA REGULATIONS, SCARY -- OBAMA
DIDN'T DO ANYTHING TO CHANGE THE INTERNET COME HE JUST PASSED
REGULATIONS SAYING YOU AREN'T ALLOWED TO TOUCH THE INTERNET,
DON'T CHANGE IT.
NOW, WHY SHOULD THE RIGHT WING BE MORE CONCERNED
THAN THE LEFT?
LOOK AT ALL YOUR ALT RIGHT GUYS, THEY SAY THINGS
THAT GET THEM BANNED FROM WEBSITES LEFT AND RIGHT, AND IF
GIANT CORPORATIONS ARE REGULATING THE INTERNET THEY
WANT TO BE ABLE TO SELL TO EVERYBODY.
THEY WON'T WANT TO
HAVE THESE RIGHT-WINGERS SAYING CRAZY STUFF ON THE INTERNET, AND
ESPECIALLY IF THEY ARE TAKING ON THE ESTABLISHMENT IN THEIR OWN
PARTY OR MULTINATIONAL CORPORATIONS, THEY AREN'T GOING
TO WANT THAT AT ALL.
YOU GUYS WILL BE THE FIRST ONE THROWN
OVERBOARD, AND THEN THEY WILL COME FOR US.
WHY?
BECAUSE THEY
ARE CORPORATIONS, THEY JUST WANT TO MAXIMIZE THEIR PROFITS.
AND
IF YOUR WEBSITE IS HINDERING THEIR PROFITS IN ANY WAY, SHAPE,
OR FORM, YOU THINK THEY ARE GOING TO CARE ABOUT YOU?
THEY
ARE LEGALLY NOT ALLOWED TO CARE ABOUT YOU.
OF COURSE THEY WILL
SLOW DOWN THE WEBSITES YOU LIKE UNLESS YOU PAY A RANSOM.
YOU
THINK CORPORATIONS ARE YOUR FRIENDS?
THEY ARE NOT HUMANS.
THEY WILL MAXIMIZE PROFIT BY LAW.
ALONG THOSE LINES, THE HILL
REPORTS --
HEY ALL YOU ALT RIGHT GUYS, YOU HAVE ALL THE CASH IN THE
WORLD TO GET INTO A FAST LANE?
I DIDN'T THINK SO.
SO IF YOU DON'T
PAY FOR THE FAST LANE THEY CAN NOW, IF IT PASSES, THEY WILL
HAVE THE FINAL VOTE ON DECEMBER 14, IF THIS PASSES THERE'S NO
MORE NET NEUTRALITY AND THOSE COMPANIES CAN SAY, ONE, YOU
DIDN'T PAY ME A RANSOM, NOW YOUR SITE IS INCREDIBLY SLOW.
LOOK,
NOW THEY CAN'T GO ON YOUR SITE, THEY CAN GO ON MY SITE.
TO THOSE
COMPANIES HAVE A GIGANTIC WEB PRESENCE?
OH MY GOD, HUFF POST
IS PART OF VERIZON, YOU RIGHT-WINGERS, HUFF POST WILL BE
SUPERFAST AND YOUR WEBSITES WILL SUCK.
THEY JUST TOLD YOU, THEY
WILL BE ABLE TO THROTTLE THEM ALL THE WAY BACK.
SO WHY AM I
FIGHTING FOR IT IS A PROGRESSIVE?
BECAUSE I BELIEVE
IN AMERICA AND THE INTERNET AND I DON'T THINK ANYBODY SHOULD BE
THROTTLED.
WE'VE GOT PARTNERSHIP WITH SOME OF THE BIGGEST
COMPANIES OUT THERE ON THE INTERNET, AND WE'LL SEE HOW
THINGS TURN OUT, WE MIGHT BE TOTALLY FINE.
BUT IT IS A
TERRIBLE IDEA OVERALL, A TERRIBLE IDEA FOR THESE
CORPORATIONS TO HAVE THE ABILITY TO REGULATE THE INTERNET BY
THEMSELVES WHEN YOU DIDN'T EVEN VOTE FOR THEM.
THEY AREN'T
ACCOUNTABLE TO YOU.
MORE ON THIS.
JESSICA ROSENWORCEL,
AN FCC COMMISSIONER, SAID --
PHILOSOPHICALLY, THIS IS
ONE OF THE WORST THINGS THE
GOVERNMENT CAN DO.
BECAUSE LOOK AT TV, BOTH FOR THE RIGHT-WING
AND LEFT-WING, YOU THINK THEY REPRESENT YOU?
THEY ARE ALMOST
ALL MILLIONAIRES ON TV.
AGAIN, IF YOU ARE A BERNIE SANDERS
SUPPORTER OR A REPUBLICAN, YOU THINK ALL THOSE GUYS ON CABLE
NEWS VOTED FOR YOUR CANDIDATE?
CANDIDAT I WOULD SAY
APPROXIMATELY 148 OF 150 VOTED FOR HILLARY CLINTON, AND ALL THE
GIANT CORPORATIONS WHO BACKED HER.
THEY ALREADY OWN TV.
BUT
THE INTERNET, IT IS PESKY WITH ITS FREEDOM AND OPENNESS AND
EQUALITY, THEY ARE COMING TO CRUSH IT.
YOU HAVE TO FIGHT
BACK.
YOU KNOW HOW MANY COMMENTS HAVE ARTIE BEEN SENT TO THEM?
22
MILLION.
THEY DON'T GIVE A DAMN.
SO I THINK WE HAVE TO SHOW UP,
WE HAVE TO GO TO THEIR HOUSE.
NOT THEIR PHYSICAL HOUSE, THEIR
OFFICE.
LET ME EXPLAIN WHEN THE, REAL VOTE IS, TODAY THEY TOOK
ANOTHER STEP FORWARD BUT --
ON DECEMBER 14 THE FCC BUILDING SHOULD BE SURROUNDED.
I'M A PROGRESSIVE, I BELIEVE IN NONVIOLENCE, BUT I BELIEVE IN
POLITICAL ACTION.
THE ADDRESS FOR THE FCC IS 445 12TH ST SW,
SHOW UP NOW.
I DON'T CARE IF IT'S ONE GUY WITH A SIGN, 100
NURSES, 1000 TEACHERS, WHOEVER IT IS.
FROM THIS DATE TO
DECEMBER 14 YOU SHOULD LET THEM KNOW THAT YOU EXIST, AND YOU
WANT A FREE INTERNET.
THIS PHONE NUMBER IS ANOTHER WAY TO REACH
THEM, NO OTHER CALL SHOULD GET THROUGH.
LET THEM KNOW.
AND
FINALLY, LOOK, I DIDN'T DIG THIS EMAIL UP, IT'S ON THEIR WEBSITE.
WE SENT 22 MILLION COMMENTS AND AJIT PAI APPARENTLY BURNED THEM
IN SOME CAMPFIRE, DOESN'T CARE.
HA-HA, 22 MILLION PEOPLE WANT A
FREE INTERNET.
YEAH BUT THE GUYS WHO PAID ME BEFORE AND THE GUYS
WHO WILL PAY ME AFTER I LEAVE THIS JOB WANT ME TO SELL OUT THE
INTERNET, SO THAT'S WHAT HE'S GOING TO DO.
SO HERE IS HIS
EMAIL, AJIT.PAI@FCC.GOV.
LIKE I SAID, THIS IS PUBLIC
INFORMATION, YOU COULD HAVE FOUND IT ON THEIR WEBSITE AS
WELL, I'M NOT DOING ANYTHING YOU CAN'T SEE IN PUBLIC.
BUT IF THEY
IGNORE 22 MILLION AMERICANS, I GUESS THEY HAVE TO SEE YOU
BEFORE THEY UNDERSTAND THAT YOU ARE REAL.
SO, LOOK, I WISH I
COULD HELP MORE, I WISH I COULD STOP EVERYTHING AND GO FIGURE
OUT A WAY TO ORGANIZE RALLY ON TOP OF RALLY, I'M HANDING IT
OFF.
I'M HOPING YOU CAN BEGIN TO DO THIS ON YOUR OWN OR HAVE THE
RIGHT WING ORGANIZE THE RIGHT, THE LEFT WING ORGANIZE THE LEFT,
MODERATES DO WHATEVER YOU HAVE TO DO, BUT STOP BY THE FCC AND
BEGIN THE PROTESTS NOW.
ON DECEMBER 14 THEY SHOULD HEAR YOU
ROAR.
AND IF THEY STEAL THE INTERNET FROM YOU, AT LEAST LET
THEM KNOW YOU AREN'T GOING TO LET THEM GET AWAY WITH IT.
AND
SHAKE THE RAFTERS A LITTLE BIT.