FCC, FEC Insiders Warn: Internet Regulations for Conservative Voices Very Near

“There is a cloud over your free speech.”

6.30.2016

Commissioners from the Federal Communications Commission and the Federal Election Commission are warning that First Amendment protections online are being threatened and are "just one vote away" from being a thing of the past.

Insiders told The Washington Examiner that both agencies are highly politicized and Democrats in the ranks are pushing hard for politically correct speech regulations.

"There is a cloud over your free speech," said FEC commissioner Lee. E. Goodman.

FCC commissioner Ajit Pai warned that freedom of speech on the Internet "is increasingly under threat."

Both said conservative outlets in particular have the most to worry about. New regulations are on the horizon that could affect bloggers, YouTube videos, and news curators. The two credit heavy Democrat control within the agencies with the blame and say the decisions on internet rules are coming down to mere votes.

"We need to be ever mindful and vigilant not to let governmental agencies through 3-2 votes, or 4-2 votes at the FEC take that away from us," Goodman said.

"One of the things that is critical for this country is to reassert the value of the First Amendment, the fact that robust discourse, that is sometimes cacophonous, is nonetheless a value, in fact it creates value," Pai stated.