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• On the post: Conservatives: Stop Crying Wolf On Tech Bias Or No One Will Ever Take You Seriously

  

  Ryunosuke ( profile ), 28 Aug, 2018 @ 12:37pm

  Okay I need to weigh in here before "OMG GOOGLE APPOLOGISTS!"

  NEWS sites predominate Google when you search for Donald Trump NEWS. This would be CNN, NYT, AP, BBC, and WaPo.

  PROPAGANDA sites don't make the cut: This would be Redstate, Townhall, Breitbart, Infowars, Washington Examiner (Barely, but still propaganda imo), Truthdig, etc.

• On the post: Verizon Throttled The 'Unlimited' Data Plan Of A Fire Dept. Battling Wildfires

  

  Ryunosuke ( profile ), 22 Aug, 2018 @ 12:00pm

  Re: Re:

  I was insinuating that the Verizon reps building would be on fire, and would still throttle and upsell the FD service plans.

• On the post: Verizon Throttled The 'Unlimited' Data Plan Of A Fire Dept. Battling Wildfires

  

  Ryunosuke ( profile ), 22 Aug, 2018 @ 09:51am

  Picture of Verizon Service Rep.

• On the post: 23 Attorneys General Urge Appeals Court To Restore Net Neutrality

  

  Ryunosuke ( profile ), 21 Aug, 2018 @ 02:46pm

  Re: It gets worse

  Edit: I forgot to add, that SCCFD submitted an addendum to said brief.

• On the post: 23 Attorneys General Urge Appeals Court To Restore Net Neutrality

  

  Ryunosuke ( profile ), 21 Aug, 2018 @ 02:44pm

  It gets worse

  A LOT WORSE. Remember when Pai said that the internet isn't broken and that ISPs weren't throttling or blocking traffic... TO CONGRESS. LAST WEEK?

  It turns out THAT was a lie too. TLDR: Verizon throttled Santa Clara County Fire Dept's Internet until they "Upgraded" (read: Pay more) for unlimited internet WHILE BATTLING DEADLY WILDFIRES.

  Now this started July 29th of this year. Weeks before Pai's congressional report.

• On the post: Appeals Court Says Of Course Twitter Can Kick Racists Off Its Platform

  

  Ryunosuke ( profile ), 20 Aug, 2018 @ 11:39am

  Twitter allows quite a lot of egregious behavior and people Like James Woods (Note: Woods QUIT twitter, but was not BANNED from it.)

• On the post: Prenda Scam Boss, Paul Hansmeier, Pleads Guilty

  

  Ryunosuke ( profile ), 20 Aug, 2018 @ 10:30am

  someone Mike forgot to mention

  U.S. District Judge Otis D. Wright II - for not putting up with Prenda's courtroom BS.

• On the post: 'Oversight' Hearing Fails Utterly To Hold FCC Accountable For Lying To Congress About Fake DDOS Attack

  

  Ryunosuke ( profile ), 16 Aug, 2018 @ 01:13pm

  the star of the whole shit show

  That was Commissioner Rosenworcel.
  
  Now there was a lot more to that shit show than just the NN/Comment scandal. Like actual internet coverage, overcoverage, etc.
  
  Yes, with NN repealed, the internet has not burned down...yet. Remember kids, Telco's play the long game, they play years, even decades into the future, not 60 days.

• On the post: Platforms, Speech And Truth: Policy, Policing And Impossible Choices

  

  Ryunosuke ( profile ), 09 Aug, 2018 @ 12:45pm

  Re: Re: Choosing what content winds up in your Newsfeed

  I keep imagining the internet of the future being like Ready Player One or Summer Wars.
  
  Unfortunately, Those two movies also demonstrate why that's a bad idea.

• On the post: Platforms, Speech And Truth: Policy, Policing And Impossible Choices

  

  Ryunosuke ( profile ), 09 Aug, 2018 @ 12:25pm

  A few things..

  A platform (Facebook, Twitter, Periscope, etc) has the right to refuse business to individuals or group, The reason being, is two-fold, That does not mean that these groups can go to Fox news or Sinclair to peddle their poison.
  
  And 2 (and probably more importantly) There ARE federal laws, Felonies at that, against inciting violence and riots. There is NOT however any Federal laws against incitement of ethnic hatred (which I guess is what they are counting on).

• On the post: Ajit Pai Throws His Employees Under The Bus After Investigation Proves FCC Made Up DDOS Attack

  

  Ryunosuke ( profile ), 09 Aug, 2018 @ 11:59am

  what CAN congress do? I mean, lying to Congress under oath seems like a pretty serious offence.

• On the post: Charter CEO Apparently Unaware He Runs One Of The Most Despised Companies In America

  

  Ryunosuke ( profile ), 02 Aug, 2018 @ 08:33am

  I see NY's plan, and i approve of it. Make it so costly for Charter (or any company that abuses it's state privileges) that it is no longer a sound business operation.

• On the post: Bad Reporting, Grandstanding Congressmen, Tweeting President Combine For Clusterfuck About Twitter

  

  Ryunosuke ( profile ), 01 Aug, 2018 @ 01:34pm

  the other issue...

  Wedding cakes: "Companies have the right to refuse service to anyone!"
  
  Twitter Shadowbanning (even though it isn't): "THIS IS DISCRIMINATION!"

• On the post: The View From Somewhere: The Press Needs To Be Anti-Partisan, Not Bi-Partisan

  

  Ryunosuke ( profile ), 19 Jul, 2018 @ 12:20pm

  Re: Re:

  no, that's what I was saying essentially. you can have a position, but make sure it's backed up by facts. And not cherry picked facts either.

• On the post: The View From Somewhere: The Press Needs To Be Anti-Partisan, Not Bi-Partisan

  

  Ryunosuke ( profile ), 19 Jul, 2018 @ 11:16am

  so there are a couple of things I think needs addressing.
  
  1) There are some less-partisan/totally neutral news wires and organizations out there, AP, BBC (when regarding US politics, I think), Rueters, ABC and NBC (yes they have leanings, but they aren't overly skewed).
  
  That being said,
  
  2) As famously said in The Newsroom (2012): "Anchors having an opinion isn't a new phenomenon. Murrow had one and that was the end of McCarthy. Cronkite had one and that was the end of Vietnam." - Charlie Skinner
  
  And finally, 3) Look at /r/Politics, especially the "New" Section. it is filled with tripe, lies, and outright propaganda. And the reason the mods will not put a blanket ban on Breitbart, NYPost, Daily Caller, Drudge Report, and Fox news? (Even Whitehouse.gov rarely makes it to the front page due to it's... administration.) It's because "there needs to be balance to news." Which is total bullsit, like this post pointed out. It's one thing to be unbiased, it is another thing to allow.. and I HATE to use this term, but "Fake news" (In regards to Fox, Drudge, Breitbart, etc.) to be allowed.
  
  Actually... now that I think about this. There is a term for Right (and left wing) sites. It's roughly 130 year old term. It's called Yellow Journalism.

• On the post: Biggest Voting Machine Maker Admits — Ooops — That It Installed Remote Access Software After First Denying It

  

  Ryunosuke ( profile ), 18 Jul, 2018 @ 05:25pm

  is this the same one owned by russian investors?

• On the post: Congressman Introduces Legislation To Criminalize Protesting In A Mask

  

  Ryunosuke ( profile ), 13 Jul, 2018 @ 01:40pm

  Re:

  Oh so it is perfectly fine to march with a (presumably, but not necessarily) loaded rifle? It's fine to march in order to provoke a reaction, and then to start something just half a step short of a riot? Oh and let's not forget about your boys wearing white Halloween Ghost costumes while burning crosses in Alabama, this affects them too.

• On the post: How A US Burger Chain Brought 'Ruby Tuesday' Full Circle Through Trademark Bullying

  

  Ryunosuke ( profile ), 13 Jul, 2018 @ 10:22am

  So the next obvious question....

  When is The Rolling Stones going to sue Ruby Tuesday's for trademark infringement and past royalties/profits?

• On the post: Judge In AT&T Merger Ruling Had Zero Understanding Of The Markets AT&T Now Dominates

  

  Ryunosuke ( profile ), 26 Jun, 2018 @ 02:31pm

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  Is this what you are really advocating? Irregardless of how it LOOKS, this is flat out UNSAFE, for the workers, the the cities involved, for EVERYONE. And THIS, is what you are advocating. Instead of Treating all data as equal, you are advocating EVERYONE put up their own lines. You, sir, are an idiot.

• On the post: Court Says ISPs Can't Use Net Neutrality Repeal to Dodge Lawsuits For Shitty Service

  

  Ryunosuke ( profile ), 25 Jun, 2018 @ 06:38pm

  Re: Re: Re:

  what i meant was that absent federal regulation, either state regulation steps in, and absent that ISP's steps in, but the truth is someone is in charge of how the isp's operate, including the isp's themselves.

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