Today marks the first day that net neutrality is dead. Ana Kasparian, Grace Baldridge, and Mark Thompson, the hosts of The Young Turks, break it down.
========== THE INTERNET REGULATIONS AS WE KNOW THEM ARE
ALL ABOUT THE CHANGE. HERE IS WHAT AJIT PAI HAD TO SAY
ABOUT IT: THERE ARE OBVIOUSLY TWO VERY
DIFFERENT SIDES TO THIS AND HERE'S WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW. JESSICA ROSIN RUSSO IS A
DEMOCRAT WHO IS ON THE COMMISSION WHO VOTED AGAINST IT
AND THIS IS WHAT SHE SAID IN HER STATEMENT: FOR HIS PART, AJIT PAI HAS SAID
THERE ARE SUFFICIENT SAFEGUARDS IN PLACE FOR BROADBAND
TO NOT ABUSE THEIR POWER. HE SAYS THERE ARE STILL SOME
PROTECTIONS IN PLACE. HE DID NOT LIST ANY OF THEM BUT
THERE ARE STILL SOME PROTECTIONS IN PLACE. HE IS FULL OF BS. HE
IS A TRUMP APPOINTEE BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, HE IS A FORMER
LAWYER FOR VERIZON WHICH IS AN INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDER WHICH
HAS LOBBIED VERY AGGRESSIVELY TO DO AWAY WITH THESE REGULATORY
STANDARDS THAT WOULD PREVENT ...