Whatever you think of the FCC's decision to reclassify Internet access under Title Ⅱ common carrier regulations, the fact that 3 million people advocated for an open and free Internet should not be the reason an independent agency does anything, any more than millions of Republicans or Democrats wanting a certain presidential outcome should determine how judges rule on hanging chads. In such matters, mob rule does not rule, under any circumstances. Not even a well-meaning "mob," encouraged to see Title Ⅱ as the only thing standing between them and evil Internet service providers bent on blocking, and degrading, and controlling them from their gold-plated towers.
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