now chairman pai claims the federal trade commission, not the federal communications commission, the commission of expertise, the federal trade commission somehow provides a sufficient backstop to bad behavior by the isps and that is simply not true. under the federal trade commission the big broadband barons would establish their own net neutrality policies, letting bullies develop their own playground rules. if the isp ones to block websites, slow down competitors websites, charge innovators and entrepreneurs, they will be free to do so. that is because the federal trade commission, a broadband provider violates the net neutrality policies, the policy created by the broadband itself. and internet fast lanes something the federal trade commission can do about it. it is wrong. allowing broadband industry to assess their own net neutrality protections is like letting the fox guard the hen house. the federal trade commission oversight will not work. chairman pai claims he has another solution called transparency. he argues if isps are transparent about net neutrality practices consumers

now, chairman pai claims that the federal trade commission, not the federal communications commission, the commission of expertise over telecommunications but the federal trade commission, somehow provides a sufficient backstop to bad behavior by the isps. but that is simply not true. under the federal trade commission the big broadband barons would establish their own net neutrality policies. that is like letting the bullies develop their own playground rules. and if the isp wants to block websites, slown down competitors websites, charge innovators and entrepreneurs to reach their customers, they will be free to do so. and that's because the federal trade commission can only step in if a broadband provider violates its own net neutrality policy, that is the policy created by the broadband company itself f a service provider has a written policy that charges websites for internet fast lanes there is nothing the federal trade commission can do about it. that is ridiculous and it is wrong.lo allowing the broadband industry to set their own net neutrality protections is like letting the

now chairman pai claims that the federal trade commission -- not the federal communications commission -- the commission of expertise over telecommunications, but the federal trade commission somehow provides a sufficient back stop to bad behavior by the i.s.p.'s. but that is simply not true. under the federal trade commission, the big broadband barons would establish their own net neutrality policies. that's like letting the bullies develop their own playground rules. and if the i.s.p. wants to block websites, slow down competitors' websites, charge innovators and entrepreneurs to reach their customers, they will be free to do so. and that's because the federal trade commission can only step in if a broadband provider violates its own net neutrality policies. that is a policy created by the broadband company itself. but if an internet service provider has a written policy that charges websites for internet fast lanes, there's nothing the federal trade commission can do about it. that is ridiculous, and it is wrong. allowing the broadband industry to set their own net neutrality protec

you name the federal communications commission. texas congressman lyndon b. johnson intervened with has speaker sam rayburn to support the commission and quash the budget cuts. what is the rest of the story? tom: this is one of those, you know, interesting tidbits you get from this political history of spectrum allocation. it turns out that there is a very powerful georgia southern democrat eugene cox in the early 1940's. extremely powerful within the house. he, at the same time he was a congressman, was actually doing business as a lawyer, which he was. with radio stations getting renewals. icense renewals. he was close to the line on what was ethical. the fcc at the time was headed by a man who in history has become rather well known. james fly. he later became head of the american civil liberties union. he stood up for civil iberties and wiretapping. while he was fcc chair. he is very renowned in any contemporary versions. he is the best fcc chairman in history for what he stood up and did. one of the things he stood up to was this powerbroker in the house

the idea is the federal communications commission and the federal trade commission will be able to look at those disclosures, and if they hurt consumers or competition, the ftc is supposed to act and stop those. the thinking is they may hurt good service along with that this would come of the regulator won't go after the bad services. but there are questions about how effective the ftc will be able to police broadband providers under think that's what commissioner clyburn was getting at. the idea that in order for the ftc to act there has to be some kind of harm. i think former chairman tom wheeler pointed out it's not just the horse out of the barn, it's the barn burning down before the ftc gets involved. that's one major issue with this. >> guest: you look at how the ftc is set up, commissioner clyburn made the point that agencies like the federal communications commission is thoughtful with telecom experts, whereas even though the federal trade commission has a lot of talented technologists, it's not necessarily as well-equipped as the sec to police what ultimately potentially very c

what a contrast between the two chairs for the federal communications commission. both from industry, both of them did well in industry, and we consider that a good thing in america that you have a prospering private economy. tom wheeler used it and that expertise to help the public. that's not what we're seeing today. now, mr. president, there is a need to fix what isn't broken. their strong net neutrality protections in place right now. since the 2015 rules went into place, our economy has grown up around thisua leading principlef equal access to information and customer. the day before thanksgiving chairman pai released his proposal to strike down the 2015 rules that ensure real net neutrality and would also prevent states from introducing their own approach to net neutrality. rather than listening to the millions of voices who spoke up on behalf of real net neutrality and against this proposal to allow pay for play by what i really call, senator franken, trickle-downun telecommunicatios policy. just let the big guys make as much money as it want and may be some

federal communications commission f.c.c. has decided to do away with net neutrality rules the landmark decision was put in place and twenty fifteen under former president barack obama it barred providers from blocking or slowing access to content or charging consumers more that's about to change the f.c.c. is moving as part of u.s. president donald trump's push to scale back regulation in many economic sectors. next neutrality rules banned internet providers from giving preferential treatment to certain websites after the f.c.c. vote that seems to be a thing of the past. the ending of net neutrality has been met with fury by millions of internet uses both online through social media. and offline at this protest outside the f.c.c. headquarters they say consumers will be forced to stump up the costs of say paying for faster access to their favorite sites or even paying to access certain websites that all. say it will saddle content platforms with costs that they will be forced to pass on to their consumers the chairman of the

federal communications commission to enroll securing an open internet. or so coming up with the rise of an his. laden's dead to invest in the volatile cryptocurrency figuring is still more stable than their highly inflated bolivar. and the push for power in tanzania the east african country needs more electricity but at what cost. base is your business update on helen humphrey. good to have you with us in a total about the us federal communications commission has reversed net neutrality rules championed by former president barack obama they barred providers from blocking or slowing access to content or charging consumers more moves part of u.s. president donald trump's push to scale back regulation in many economic sectors. net's neutrality rules banned internet providers from giving preferential treatment to certain websites after the f.c.c. vote that seems to be a thing of the past. the ending of net neutrality has been met with fury by millions of internet users both online through social media and offline at this protest outside the f.c.c. headquarte

following the vote at the federal communications commission internet service providers will no longerve power over what content users can access — and at what speed. the bbc‘s yogita limaye was at the fcc — she explains what the move could mean i'm just outside this building, the federal communications commission, that's where the vote took place and three members of the 5—member panel voted to repeal this legislation. essentially what's happened is they've lifted the rules that didn't allow internet service providers, the companies that brought you the web, they didn't allow these companies to charge different prices for different websites, so in essence it could mean for a consumer that now your internet company could actually say that if you want to access these four websites, that's a certain price, if you want to access another set of websites, that's a different price. it will also mean companies could go to web—based businesses and said if you pay us a certain amount of money we could give you your website or service at a faster speed than perhaps your rival. this of course isn

of importance is on thursday, the federal communications commission holds one of its december open meetings, and deals with one of several very important topics. and the issue today is the order to restore the internet freedom, which includes a number of important provisions. one is classifying broadband access services as an information service as it was before. removing the ambiguous internet conduct standard and the brightline rules, re-establishing the private mobile service classification for mobile broadband, and promoting internet service provider transparency among other things. the transparency issue is very important to us. it helps to get consumers to make better decisions. but there's a lot of noise out there, confusion, misinformation on what this will mean for consumers, and today we have a panel of experts that will address the issues. but first, i'd like to introduce a special guest to give remarks, and we're so glad you are able to make it, and join us today. the fcc commissioner was unanimously confirmed to the senate and took office. commissioner brendan carr. before he b

the federal communications commission the nine sing the decision. we are all here. tonight heat up on the up there you go clear. it up again and let me say something like twitter and instagram and carving up the internet. and people with more me. more space in every place want to get away. as long as we have neutral your stance is an obstacle to whatever propaganda these corporations or the government wants. so we don't need to have an open. one in which the. cocktail. hold my interest which we are not going to be. well his net neutrality actually works we do access the web through internet service providers and at the moment companies have to treat equally all online traffic but the us federal communications commission does say that is preventing websites from investing millions of dollars in their services and with the regulations gone internet providers will be free to charge a premium to prioritise certain apps and services so america as mine. well the f.c.c. is latest decision will repeal obama's regulations that were passed in twenty fifteen and as expected th

providers up until now companies how to treat equally all online traffic but the us federal communications commission say he's preventing websites from investing trillions of dollars in their services so now with the regulations gone internet providers will be free to charge a premium to prioritize certain ups and services explaining a little bit more here so. well the f.c.c. is latest decision will repeal obama's regulations that were passed in twenty fifteen and as expected the vote was three to two along party lines with republicans voting in favor of the deregulation order and democrats voting against it but one democratic commissioner who voted against the order made her feelings known and had some very fierce for marks for the committee to say the very least i dissent from this rash decision to roll back net neutrality rules i dissent from the corrupt process that has brought us to this point as a result of today's misguided action our broadband providers will get extraordinary new powers. they will have the power to block websites the power to throttle services and the power to censor online c

federal communications commission voted to undo the obama era legislation being large corporations can pay internet service providers to prioritize their websites and even block competitors and he got to has more from washington d.c. . well this vote now essentially takes the power of the internet away from being a consumer oriented service and puts it firmly in the hands of the internet service providers it is a very controversial decision because net neutrality meant that the internet was a level playing field that everybody could have access everybody could have their say and in theory that has now changed dramatically by getting rid of net neutrality internet service providers can potentially charge more they could even ban certain websites and if you are under represented member of the community let's say your black lives matter and you want to organize and get information out to the people that you represent it may be much harder right now but this is been a deeply unpopular move eighty three percent of americans are against ending net neutrality something like twenty million too

the federal communications commission took a controversial vote on net neutrality today. the f-c-c voted to lift obama era rules that keep the internet open and free. alexandra limon reports from washington. nats votethe federal communications commission voted to lift net neutrality rules that means internet providers can do things like speed up, slow down, and restrict certain web content. outside of the meeting people showed up to protest the vote. natsthe issue might seem complex but california congressman ro khanna says it's simple.ro khanna / california (d-17th) :24people are going to be nickled and dimed for use of the email, use of social media, use of web surfing. people worry low income families and students wont be able to afford it. senator ron wyden of oregon say eliminating net neutrality rules gives an unfair advantage to huge corporations sen. ron wyden / oregon (d) :43 because we've got so many entrepreneurs so many small businesses, they can't afford to have access slowedbut fcc chairman ajit pai argues the internet thrived because of minimal goevernment i

the federal communications commission has voted to repeal net neutrality regulations. this is seen by experts as a big win for companies like comcast, at&t and verizon and a setback for tech companies. >> this decision puts the federal communications commission on the wrong side of history, the wrong side of the law. and the wrong side of the amrican public. >> it is not the job of the government to be in the business of picking winners and losers in the internet economy. we should have a level playing field and let consumers decide. >> net neutrality required internet service providers to treat all online services equally, to keep them from charging more for some websites and apps. >> there is growing repeal. >> live in san jose with that part of the coverage. >> officials are worried about how this could be, how this could impact everything from public health to innovation in tech. and they're not wasting any time in addressing their concerns. in santa clara county, officials are taking a stand. >> there's no legitimate basis for the fcc to reverse the obama era rule

freedom of speech and the roofs are joined by new york's attorney general to see the federal communications commission over the me. this is more than an attack on the future of our internet as we know it it's a travesty for anyone who cares about the integrity of their voice in government so we are going to fight back we discussed the decision and the potential drawbacks to you with a number of experts the idea here is that with the removal of net neutrality protections that were passed during the obama administration with those out of the way that big telecoms internet service providers would have the ability to throttle certain web traffic that's the big fear and i think it's a legitimate in the sense of activists and independent media being concerned that they might be pushed out for political reasons and that the i. can effect that now that could potentially in the future lead to the direct blocking of websites some worry that these vote is definitely a step in the wrong direction i think that we'll see is that internet service providers can charge more for some companies to get in front of consum

the federal communications commission meets thursday to vote on a proposal to repeal net neutrality regulations on internet providers. you can watch live coverage of that public fcc meeting on c-span3 at 10:30 a.m. eastern. you can watch c-span.org, or listen live on the free c-span radio app. >> jefferson probably knew more about more things than anything will man in north america. , wholude franklin in that would be his only rival. everyone was impressed by jefferson's extent of his knowledge. adams was smart but he did not have the depth. jefferson could not, he just was not as interested in the law as adams. c-span's q&a, professor and historian on his book "friends divided." about the relationship and differing views of john adams and thomas jefferson. was a realist, he did not believe all men were created equal. he said all men were created unequal. we americans are no better, no different from other nations. jefferson is the opposite. he is into nurture. the differences that you emerge are due to different experiences, different environments. that is why education is so important to us a

internet access have been repealed by the us government protesters gathered outside the federal communications commission as it narrowly voted to undo the obama irregular nation changes could mean not compilations can pay internet service providers to prioritize their websites and even block their compasses net neutrality advocates wary could lead to censorship and increase the cost of accessing the internet. british prime minister to resign may's meeting european union leaders in brussels a day after defeat on breck sit at home on wednesday night the british parliament banked an amendment giving them a legal guarantee of a vote on the final breaks it deals struck with the european union teresa mayes hoping his approve an agreement to move the brics it negotiations on to a second phase. and campaigning is about to end for the second round of chile's presidential election voters will head to the polls on sunday to elect a successor to president michel they're choosing between right wing businessmen and former president sebastian pinera and former journalist and a handle. witnesses next on al-jazeera. and.

of speech they would join to you by new york's attorney general who valued to see the federal communications commission over the move this is more than an attack on the future of our internet as we know it it's a travesty for anyone who cares about the integrity of their voice in government so we are going to fight back. so here's a quick net neutrality works we do access the web three we internet service providers and up until my companies to treat equally all online traffic but the us federal communications commission says that that is preventing websites from investing trillions of dollars in their services with those regulations go on internet providers will be free to charge a premium to prioritise maps and services so america reports well the f.c.c. is latest decision will repeal obama's regulations that were passed in twenty fifteen and as expected the vote was three to two along party lines with republicans voting in favor of the deregulation order and democrats voting against it but one democratic commissioner who voted against the order made her feelings known and had some very fierce for mar

. >> but a decision last month by the federal communications commission that affects local news marketsot a lot less coverage, and it may be even more important. the battle over who controls local air waves is exploding on capitol hill. the federal communications commission just reversed decades-old rules that prevented one company from owning tv and radio stations and newspapers all in one market. why does that matter? in large parts of america, local news is still king, even in the age of the internet. the pew research center found that 37% of adult americans in 2017 said they watched local television news often. compare that to 28% who said they watched cable news or 20% who say they got their news from social media. >> this agency finally drags its broadcast ownership rules into the digital age. >> the idea behind the original rules was to guarantee all media outlets would showcase diverse viewpoints, but president trump's new regulation-busting fcc chairman claims traditional media outlets now face greater competition from online news resources. >> people who would support these de

arguments, the commissions decision violates federal laws barring agencies from crafting arbitrary and capricious regulations. read more@wired.com. john mckinnon writes the federal communicationscommission voted to go back far-reaching rules governing how internet service providers treat traffic on their networks. a move expected to empower cable and wireless providers and transform consumers online experience. you can watch our coverage of today's fcc hearing on c-span.org and on c-span. >> testifying on capitol hill today, for former us investors to middle east countries. talk about some of the challenges in the region. that hearing is next on c-span2. after that, us ambassador to the un, nikki haley, presents what she calls undeniable proof that iran is arming rebels in yemen. then, connecticut senators richard blumenthal and chris murphy, talk about the anniversary of the sandy hook school shooting. later, immersing the president on deregulation. >> jefferson probably knew more about more things than any single man in north america. and i include franklin in that. who would be his only rival. and everyone was impressed by jefferson, the extent of his knowledge good items w

. >> we are out here in the cold to turn the heat up on the federal communications commission. reporter: in the beginning of this decade, the popularity of streaming video service netflix let internet service providers like comcast demand payments to ensure the necessary bandwidth. that takes a struck a deal, but public backlash led the fcc to declare service providers, and carriers -- esessentially, privately held public utilities. under net neutrality rules in 2015, internet service providers or isps cannot slow down or speed up data delivery or charge --o for certatain content rules thatat are vital foror dedemocrat c commissioners. of today'st misguided action, our broadband providers will get extraordinary new powers. they will have the power to block websites, the power to throttle services, and the power to censor online content. republicans disagree. they say internet service providers won't censor content or block access, and that unnecessary regulation has hampered investment that could bring faster, better internet more americans. the legend of a cable company trying

of users who recently posted scores of death threats and promises of violence to the federal communications commission chief over his campaign to scrap net neutrality in the us this user employed both racist terms and call for violence but the account is still active another tweet laying out a desire to kill pie is still readily available and it goes on from there active accounts glorifying and inciting violence even his wife and children were named and attacked and the past pie himself is called twitter out as one of the problems with an open internet company usually goes when you can. give your mind service users because both of those. this is not a. good place right. now twitter has admitted it will make mistakes in the quest to make the platform a safer place but so far it's hate purge seems more than a little messy and on even the people at twitter just like other social media platforms are under tremendous pressure because they just see themselves as sort of neutral players but in reality twitter is an active participant in the political process. on the side of the left hateful speech i just i j

i'm just outside this building, the federal communications commission, that's where the vote took placef the 5—member panel voted to repeal this legislation. essentially what's happened is they've lifted the rules that didn't allow internet service providers, the companies that brought you the web, they didn't allow these companies to charge different prices for different websites, so in essenceit for different websites, so in essence it could mean for a consumer that now your internet company could actually say that if you want to access these four websites at a certain price, if you want to access another set of websites, that's at a different price. it will also mean companies could go to web—based businesses and said if you pay us a certain amount of money we could give you your website or service at a faster speed than perhaps your rival. this of course isn't something we will probably see come into effect tomorrow but it's also a ruled that doesn't need to be voted on by congress. however, we had lots of protesters here outside this building today and many groups of people saying

capitol or some your account is near the federal communication commission building . we actually saw a little bit earlier a lot of banners you know things proclaiming the death of open internet what's the feeling there about this a lot of frustration. oh well i'm sure they're outraged after hearing this latest decision to repeal net neutrality but just before voting the room the room was mysteriously cleared out due to a security threat after a comprehensive search of the meeting reconvened and like you said they voted against repeal i mean they voted in favor of repealing neutrality but protests against repealing that net neutrality have been raging on all week but there should be no hope lost and on their side as they are actually not without allies a thirty nine senators signed a letter to the f.c.c. expressing their discontent keith ellison and maxine waters both members of the house of representatives spoke in their favor this morning at their rally but i spoke to protesters yesterday so let's see what they had to say ok five k. you see what do i know you should

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federal communications commission is considering scrapping net neutrality if it does it could mean large corporations could pay internet service providers to prioritize their websites and even block their competitors net neutrality advocates . could lead to censorship and increased internet access cost well let's get more on this from andy gallagher who is the federal communications commission headquarters in washington d.c. for us and they understand the voting pretty soon people up you know about the possibility that they could lose you county. basically net neutrality makes the internet level playing field for everybody so you want someone who represents in under a present a community you are given equal access to the internet as a big business it also means that small businesses who are just starting to get equal access it means they pay the same and that's been put in place by both the bush administration and the obama administration wants happening here today is the f.c.c. is trying to do that there were lots of protests here this morning that just left in the last half an hour but

here's some of the other stories now that are making headlines around the world the us federal communications commission has voted to repeal landmark obama era net neutrality rules that barred internet service providers from blocking or slowing traffic the companies will now be able to charge more for faster speeds opponents of the move plan legal challenges and they hope to make it an issue in next year's midterm elections the head of the is the most militant group hamas has called for fresh global protests against donald trump's controversial recognition of jerusalem as israel's capital speaking in gaza city at an event commemorating the group's thirtieth anniversary is my own honey nya demanded that the islamic world mark a make every friday a day of anger. in somalia's capital mogadishu a suicide bomber disguised as a police officer has blown himself up inside a police academy at least eighteen people were killed twenty wounded the bomber targeted officers gathering for morning exercises the terrorist group al shabaab says it carried out the attack police in germany have launched raids on properties

streets of washington protesters in the end were not loud enough to sway the vote of the federal communications commission your card i can assure risen resul i dissent the commission voted three to two along partisan lines to undo the obama era regulations that. chairman called burdensome and unnecessary it is not the job of the government to be in the business of picking winners and losers in the internet economy we should have a level playing field and let consumers decide who prevails net neutrality rules essentially prohibited broadband providers in the u.s. from speeding up a consumer's access to some internet content over others even if websites were willing to pay for the advantage the idea was to preserve the internet as a public resource for all protester randi call and says the rules have protected her nonprofits ability to reach an online audience this in any mouth. and from their ground one point three million around the country and in places around the world. only possible through having a free and open internet that like the archives and the strength of our ideas could not be blocked arse. d

visit ncicap.org] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2017] >> the federal communications commission meets thursday to consider its plan to change net neutrality rules. f.c.c. chair ajit pai is proposing to give internet providers control over how broad brand content is distributed. hat's at 10:30 a.m. on c-span. >> and on this week's communicators, a discussion on the feck's upcoming debate and vote on repealing the net neutrality regulation. a couple of weeks ago brendan carr, the newest member of the feck on the republican side, was a guest -- f.c.c., on the republican side, was a guest on this program. >> what this document proposes to do and i'll be voting on it on december 14, is return the internet to the exact same regulatory framework that govern the internet starting in -- from 2015 all the way back from 20 years that preceded it. under that environment we saw massive investment in the internet ecosystem, we saw consumers protected and we saw free and open internet. so most fundamentaly, we all believe in a free and open internefment but the question is, what's the right re

. >> this week the federal communications commission is scheduled to vote on net neutrality rules that prohibit service providers from blocking li

open internet access been repealed by the us government protesters gather outside the federal communications commission as it naturally voted to undo the obama era regulation that changes could mean lost hope ration pay internet service providers to prioritize their websites and even block their combat he says net neutrality advocates wary it could lead to censorship and increase the cost of accessing the internet. eighteen people have been killed in somalia's capital mogadishu after a bomb attack on a police academy police were gathering for their early morning parade when the suicide bomber struck official say he was wearing a police uniform the armed group al-shabaab has claimed responsibility for the attack campaigning is about to end for the second round of chile's presidential election voters will head to the polls on sunday to elect a successor to president michel they're choosing between right wing businessman and former president sebastian pinera and former journalists i handled the air in peru opposition politicians are demanding the resignation of president petro public ski it follows revela

prior he served as assistant general counsel for the federal communications commission. the full bios have been distributed. as always it's an honor to have you join us today. >> thank you for organizing the program. it couldn't be more timely. thanks to the american consumer institute for the work you do. we would jump right in. i'm going to introduce a panelist by their affiliation. then i will ask them to speak initially, no more than five minutes. unless the five minutes will be fine. maybe even prefer. we want to make sure we have time for questions. with regard to commissioner carr, you don't have to be quite as careful in asking a question to these noted panelists. they are not covered by the sunshine act. we do want to have time for questions. i just want to say briefly before introduce the panelist, i was associated general counsel of the fcc from 1978 to 81. spent a long time since i've been watching the fcc. i have a concern really that the way of proceeding like this the comment process in my view has been subject to some distortion. public participation is w

federal communications commission voted to undo the obama era legislation meaning large corporations can pay internet service providers to prioritize their websites and even block competitors so let's get more on this now from andy gallacher who is live for us in washington d.c. there's been a very strong reaction to this move and tell us more about why the critics are saying it's both dangerous and illegal. well net neutrality basically meant that the internet was a level playing field that everybody had access no matter who they were that has now ended with this vote a vote incidentally that went down party lines and basically takes the internet from being a consumer oriented service to being a business oriented service it means in essence that internet service providers are now unfettered they can in theory do things that you just were talking about like charge people for access to certain websites even ban certain websites it doesn't mean that that is necessarily going to happen but they certainly have the power to do that now but i think what has happened here now is that this v

in 2002, broadband internet was classified by the federal communications commission, fcc, our nation's communications regular is an information service under title i of the communications act. internet from burdensome regulations contained in title ii of the medications act which were designed in the depression era for the old telephone monopolies. under the obama administration we saw repeated attempts to bring theon internet under grear government control. finally, in 2015 at the explicit direction of president obama the fcc did, as he was told. it reclassified broadband internet access service as a title ii service subjecting broadband internet to owners, common carrier rules and opening the doorin to further regulatio. this includes price relation. not surprisingly, with heavier regulation came a decline in broadband investment. indeed we have seen private investment in broadband and structurers declined for the pat two years. this decline should not be mistaken as a sign that broadband structure is not needed. in fact, theth opposite is true. there are still 34 million americans l

for the us federal communications commission has voted to repeal landmark obama era net neutrality rules that barred internet service providers from blocking or slowing traffic companies will now be able to charge more for faster internet speeds opponents call this an issue in next year's midterm elections. a commission that's investigating child sexual abuse in australia has called on the catholic church to end the demand that clergy members remain celibate but also said religious leaders should be prosecuted for failing to report child sexual abuse including priests who hear about the crimes during confessionals five year profound that australian institutions including the church and seriously failed to protect children with tens of thousands of them abused over decades responding to the report prime minister will not turn will thank those who had come forward to tell their stories he said their courage could lead to a national tragedy being exposed. for more knowledge across to sydney where journalist roger maynard is standing by for us roger this report was five years in the making o