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Re:As Republicans Concede, F.C.C. Is Expected to Enforce Net... by tzs on Tuesday February 24, 2015 @08:34PM (#9104798)
> The FCC's traditional role as broadcast obscenity-and-violence censor provides evidence that its powers will be used that way

Congress has explicitly made broadcasting obscene material illegal. This is completely irrelevant to Title II regulation of the internet.

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Re:As Republicans Concede, F.C.C. Is Expected to Enforce Net... by warfangle on Wednesday February 25, 2015 @09:18PM (#9110952)
And, in fact, ISPs being classified as Title II common carriers would actively prevent the FCC (and ISPs) from censoring the internet.
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