American - Public | January 10, 1973 -
Light touch regulation means that we create broad regulatory frameworks that can protect consumers to ensure an overall competitive marketplace.
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President Clinton got it right in 1996 when he established a free-market-based approach to this new thing called the Internet, and the Internet economy we have is a result of his light-touch regulatory vision.
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The Internet has enriched my own life immeasurably.
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What is responsible for the phenomenal development of the Internet? Well, it certainly wasn't heavy-handed government regulation.
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I believe in the First Amendment.
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The FCC, under my leadership, will stand for the First Amendment.
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Under the law, the FCC does not have the authority to revoke a license of a broadcast station based on the content of a particular newscast.
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I'm a lawyer by training, of course.
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We all agree on the core values of a free and open Internet. We simply may disagree on the appropriate regulatory framework for securing those values. And I would much rather have an open and honest debate about the appropriate regulatory framework as opposed to throwing misinformation out there to achieve political ends.
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Broadband Internet access service is inherently an interstate service, and that is not a determination that just the FCC has made.
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I'm not an IT expert myself.
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I think it's dangerous to make a decision based on where one thinks the public may or may not be. Aside from the fact that that's not what the law prescribes, it's also, I think, not what reasoned decision-making is all about... You always try to look at the facts and apply the law faithfully.
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