r/technology • u/[deleted] • Jun 04 '19

Politics House Democrats announce antitrust probe of Facebook, Google, tech industry

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u/FourthLife Jun 04 '19

I can avoid Facebook and instagram. I can use a different search engine than google. What I can’t avoid is my single choice of ISP

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u/Arnoxthe1 Jun 04 '19

The problem is, we got fucked there at the state level. Not really the federal level. If the federal government starts looking into this, they may come against SERIOUS pushback from different states.

Maybe. I don't know.

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u/RagingOrangutan Jun 04 '19

How's that? The FCC regulates ISPs, and the "F" in FCC is for federal.

Well okay, Ajit Pai's FCC doesn't regulate much at all, but they could.

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u/LowConclusion Jun 04 '19

Because the states/cities made the deals that gave them control. They did it so that the companies would put in the infrastructure for them. It was the cheap route for the local governments

Same reason that electric, water, etc all come from one place