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Does the internet fall under the auspices of the FCC? The FCC has always regulated broadcast television much more heavily than cable. And now the broadcast industry is at a competitive disadvantage. TV stations in the US spent millions switching over to DTV (the transition will be complete this Feb.), and yet only a small percentage of households get their TV signal from the airwaves. I wouldn’t expect the government to solve the Google monopoly situation. Too much money changes hands in Washington to expect the politicians to really look out for small business or the middle class.

Also, I watched the whole video because I’m interested in the topic, but he vast majority of people who hit “play” on this will not. Daniel Savage would have done much better to have spent a few thousand having a video produced that looks more like an exposé, rather than the boring talking head with a consumer camera.

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No, I do not think the Internet is monitored by the FCC (actually, the Internet is international, and I think other countries would object to the US government trying to “control” it).

The US gov’t can’t control the Internet, but any company doing business in the US is subject to its laws and falls under some agency.. possibly the Fed. Trade Commission? The feds can’t tell a wine grower in France how to make its wine, or a cattle ranch in Argentina how to feed its herds, but it can restrict the amount of alcohol and the labeling of wine imported here, and it can stop imports of beef if they’re found to be contaminated by mad cow disease or anything else.
Multi-national corporations are a problem, and while I’m all for free speech, unfair trade practices by companies can and should be dealt with by the governments of every country where they do business.