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FCC Chair To Push Free Porn-Free Internet
Silicon Alley Insider —
... During the FCC's December meeting, chair Kevin Martin plans to push for a free, but porn-free Internet service that would be available to all Americans. Reports the Wall Street Journal: ...
FCC Floating a Free Wireless Internet Plan As Part of New Auction
paidContent —
... Kevin Martin, the outgoing FCC chairman, has pushing for a controversial free wireless internet plan, as part of the agency's plan for the next slate of spectrum auction, reports WSJ. At its December meeting, FCC wants to put forth a plan to offer free, adult-material-free wireless Internet service to all Americans, despite objections from the wireless industry and some consumer advocacy groups. The plan involves that the winning spectrum bidder set aside a quarter of the airwaves for this free service, and would also charge for a faster wireless Internet ...
FCC Floating a Free Wireless Internet Plan As Part of New Auction
mocoNews —
... Kevin Martin, the outgoing FCC chairman, has pushing for a controversial free wireless internet plan, as part of the agency's plan for the next slate of spectrum auction, reports WSJ. At its December meeting, FCC wants to put forth a plan to offer free, adult-material-free wireless Internet service to all Americans, despite objections from the wireless industry and some consumer advocacy groups. The plan involves that the winning spectrum bidder set aside a quarter of the airwaves for this free service, and would also charge for a faster wireless Internet ...
Like Trying to Take Pee Out of a Swimming Pool?
Digital Daily —
... The Federal Communications Commission imposes decency standards on publicly broadcast radio and television signals. No surprise, then, to hear it’s looking to do the same to the free wireless Internet service it envisions in the AWS III spectrum. At its December meeting, the FCC is expected to push forward with another major spectrum auction, one which would require the winning bidder to use a portion of those airwaves to offer a free broadband service. Smut-free, as well, according to ...
Free AWS Internet on FCC Docket
dailywireless.org —
Outgoing FCC Chairman Kevin Martin is pushing for action on December 18th with a plan to auction spectrum for free wireless Internet service to all Americans, reports the Wall Street Journal.
The FCC plans to auction off the 2155-2175 MHz spectrum band (called AWS-3), to enable services similar to a plan offered by M2Z Networks, a start-up backed by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers partner John Doerr.
T-Mobile is objecting to that move, on interference grounds. It paid $4 billion to lease the adjacent AWS-1 ...
FCC Pushing for Free Internet Plan [Free Wi-Fi]
Lifehacker —
[image] The Wall Street Journal reports that outgoing FCC Chairman Kevin Martin wants to offer free Wi-Fi to all porn-free Wi-Fi, to be more specific. The no-smut specification is a little troubling, since drawing a straight line through the massive gray area of propriety isn't a simple task, but the FCC has also proposed a version of the plan that would allow adults to opt out of the filtering. Sound like a winner to you? Photo by superfem .
Free Web For All Americans - Will It Happen?
The Blade by Ron Schenone, MVP —
The outgoing chairman for the FCC, Kevin Martin, is pushing for a free web for all Americans. His proposal is to have a free wireless Internet access for everyone. He is hoping to have this pushed through during this month and before his term ends.
According to this article it also states that:
The free Internet plan is the most controversial issue the agency will tackle in December. Mr. Martin shelved plans to consider a wider variety of sticky issues pending at the agency, including a request by the Hollywood studios to hobble TVs and set-top boxes so studios can offer copy-protected theatrical releases sooner. ...
M2Z Reborn: Censored, but Free, Broadband is Now Kevin Martin’s Top Priority
Technology Liberation Front —
Back in June, Adam Thierer and I denounced (PDF) Kevin Martin’s plans to create broadband utility to provide censored (and very slow) broadband for free to all Americans. The WSJ reports that this scheme is now at the top of Martin’s December agenda:
The proposal to allow a no-smut, free wireless Internet service is part of a proposal to auction off a chunk of airwaves. The winning bidder would be required to set aside a quarter of the airwaves for a free Internet service. The winner could establish a paid service that would have a fast wireless Internet connection. The free service could be slower and would be required ...
Uncle Sam wants to give you free WiFi … with a catch
Coolest Gadgets —
My dad always taught me to beware of whatever Uncle Sam gives you. But it usually costs you something – whether in tax dollars or in freedom. So, when FCC Chairman Kevin Martin announced a plan to offer free wireless Internet to the masses, I had to ask … what’s the catch? Well, the catch is that the Internet would be free, but also filtered, and that means no naughty bits … er … bytes.
The proposal would make the Internet porn free for all those going on the wireless government doll with Uncle Sam deciding what’s obscene and what isn’t. As part of the upcoming auction to sell off access rights to analog TV airwaves, the FCC would require the ...
M2Z Reborn: Censored, but Free, Broadband is Now Kevin Martin's Top Priority
The Progress & Freedom Foundation Blog —
Back in June, Adam Thierer and I denounced (PDF) Kevin Martin's plans to create broadband utility to provide censored (and very slow) broadband for free to all Americans. The WSJ reports that this scheme is now at the top of Martin's December agenda:
The proposal to allow a no-smut, free wireless Internet service is part of a proposal to auction off a chunk of airwaves. The winning bidder would be required to set aside a quarter of the airwaves for a free Internet service. The winner could establish a paid service that would have a fast wireless Internet connection. The free service could be slower and would be required to filter out ...
Regulating morality
disco-tech | Discovery Institute's Technology Blog —
Outgoing Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin is pushing for action in December on a plan to offer free, pornography-free wireless Internet service to all Americans, despite objections from the wireless industry and some consumer groups.according to the Wall Street Journal.
I wonder who is going to decide what is pornography?
And does this mean drug abuse, domestic violence, gambling addiction, infidelity, negligent or reckless parenting, over-spending, etc. are okay?
Steve Schultze on why the AWS-3 spectrum censorship plan will fail
Technology Liberation Front —
I was about post something more regarding why Kevin Martin’s AWS-3 spectrum filtering plan will fail, but I can’t say it any better than Steve Schultze does here:
Martin also recently leaked the fact that he is proposing that adults can verify their identity to avoid the porn filter initially mandated for all users of of the no-fee service. I helped author some comments to the FCC explaining why this filter was a bad idea, so an opt-out mechanism could theoretically be a good development… if age verification were viable, and if you thought that adults were eager to identify themselves as possible porn-lovers, ...
