Regulatory Capture
We have it. And not just in Telecom. Apparently appointing the fox to guard the henhouse is blatantly, unashamedly direct official policy now.
US comms watchdog the FCC has issued new guidelines on the controversial practice of "zero rating" and whether it is illegal or not. The upshot is that it has given T‑Mobile US's Binge On service a green light, but comes down on AT&T's Sponsored Data service and Verizon's FreeBee Data 360 as illegal. We already knew from …
>Or, in other words, the FCC continues to waste its time by kidding itself it remains a non-partisan government regulator.
A Democrat stands up and shouts I have a really shitty idea. And then a Republican jumps up and screams I know how to make it even shittier. But you only see that kind of bipartisanship when its screwing over the proles.