Re:Pai: Twitter Is Bigger Threat to Open Net Than ISPs
by criddell on Tuesday November 28, 2017 @04:22PM
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It is a conflation and if Pai doesn't get this, then he has no business having the job he has.
I think he does get it though and this is a tactic that might work for him.
I think it's worth making a distinction over regulating the internet vs regulating ISPs. The internet should be unregulated but ISPs should be regulated. ISPs provide a telecom service while companies like Twitter provide an information service. They aren't the same thing at all and we shouldn't let telecom companies pick the winning info service companies.
I think he does get it though and this is a tactic that might work for him.
I think it's worth making a distinction over regulating the internet vs regulating ISPs. The internet should be unregulated but ISPs should be regulated. ISPs provide a telecom service while companies like Twitter provide an information service. They aren't the same thing at all and we shouldn't let telecom companies pick the winning info service companies.