Guest opinion: Giving up Internet as foolish as FCC giving up spectrum
Editor’s note: Nathan Mehrens is President of Americans for Limited Government Foundation. Imagine a world where a large conglomerate of multi-national companies get to control the electromagnetic spectrum, not just in the U.S., but worldwide. They decide who gets to broadcast, the rates charged for broadcasting licenses, and because they believe in “human rights,” some politically incorrect content isn’t allowed to be broadcast. Since this conglomerate is a private actor and not part of the government there are no First Amendment ramifications from their actions and they may do as they please as regards content restrictions. But, it’s cool...
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