All thanks to what else . Bitcoin. They explain why they took a chance on cryptocurrency. First, to our lead. Net neutrality is no more. The fcc voted to repeal the obama era internet protections designed to keep broadband providers from favoring content. The republican Member Commission voted 32 to end the protections known as Net Neutrality. The vote came amid intense protests online and in person from defenders of the rules, who say this will create haves band havenots when it comes to accessing content. But fcc chair ajit pai heralded the return to what he calls a freespeech market approach, saying it is time to restart thats restore internet freedom. We are restoring the light touch framework that has governed the internet for most of its existence. Joining us now, one of the people who voted to repeal it, fcc commissioner brendan carr, who was nominated by president trump. Commissioner carr, thank you so much for joining us. You said today is a great day, many people say this is
Powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. This is bloomberg. Bloomberg technology is up next. Cory im cory johnson in for emily chang, and this is lumber Technology Bloomberg technology. After massive gains, can be tech continue its run . And President Trump resizes amazon on twitter. Should the tech giant be worried. And more from our best conversations of the year with candid discussions with c palmer and meg whitman. The sector outperforming the broader market, breaking records , up nearly 30 for the year i did not see the final numbers,. Pretty dam close to that it was a really amazing year. Just across the markets, i think. You have been investing in tech as long as i have known you. What a run. David it was a good run, but it. As a nasty close today in the scheme of things, i think what really distinguished tech was that growth was scarce and secular growth stories, as characterized by corey you mean topline growth in technology . David i mean
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Were part of a state run dop ing program. Global news 24 hours a day powered by our 2400 journalists in more than 150 news bureaus around the country, i am mark crumpton. Emily im emily chang and this is bloomberg west. Facebook response to accusations that the social network has been suppressing conservative news story. Apple shares slip below 90 as with apple that with al phabet at its heels. The winklevoss twins are back. First, our lead. Facebook faces accusations that is human editors are more involved in choosing what you you might think. Gizmodo sourced several anonymous contractors who accused the social network of censoring its trending topics by pushing certain stories and suppressing others like conservative stories. The chairman of the Senate Commerce committee sent a letter to Mark Zuckerberg saying if facebook presents its trending topics section as a result of a neutral, objective algorithm but it is subjective and filters is a or suppress particular political viewpoints