O'Rielly Wants Level Playing Field for All Internet Companies
FCC powers are restricted to a limited number of companies, with most in the internet economy not falling under commission jurisdiction, Commissioner Mike O’Rielly said in a speech Tuesday before the Philadelphia Federalist Society. What do Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Skype,…
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Snapchat, Amazon, Netflix and Hulu “have in common?” he asked. “Is it that they are all in a perpetual hell trying to comply with the European" general data protection regulation, he asked. “Maybe.” But they also aren’t regulated by the FCC and there are only two ways to level the playing field, he said. “Either support greater deregulation of FCC regulatees that must compete with these services or advocate for new congressional powers to regulate these services, which would seem futile and unnecessary in a thriving market.”