Obamas FCC Might Allow Government Censorship According to reports, a Washington D.C. federal court recently heard arguments from a former Federal Communications Commission commissioner that the Obama FCCs new net neutrality rules might allow the government to censor media like Fox News or the Drudge Report. Oral arguments for the case began in the first week of December. The former commissioner, Harold Furchtgott-Roth partnered with an advocacy group to argue that the new rules treat broadband providers as conduits, not speakers. If rules such as these are not reviewed under the most rigorous scrutiny possible, government favoritism and censorship masquerading as neutrality will soon cascade to other forms of mass communication, the Center for Boundless Innovation wrote in their brief. Furchtgott-Roth added in a separate brief that the different ways the new plan treats broadband providers opens the door to government censorship, giving them control over what people see. In addition to compelling speech, the order impermissibly singles out broadband providers without imposing similar requirements on the speech of other Internet entities who also act as gatekeepers, he wrote. Fred Campbell, the president of the Center for Boundless Innovation in Technology, also told reporters that its new regulations on Internet service providers are also applicable to companies like Apple and Netflix, [and] the FCC could extend its regulatory reach much further in the future. This possibility raises the risk that Congress or the FCC could impose restrictions on Internet video and other services that have traditionally been imposed on over the air broadcasting and cable television, including the fairness doctrine that once put the government in charge of determining whether broadcasters were fairly representing both sides of an issue, Campbell concluded. What do you think? Are you tired of Obama pushing his agenda and stripping Americans of their rights in the process? We cannot let this happen. 