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BoldProgressives.org has their panties in a twist (via their listserv) BREAKING: Minutes ago, the FCC passed new rules — written by corporations — that will end Net Neutrality. For the first time in history, the U.S. government approved corporate censorship of the Internet, putting the future of online free speech at risk. Unbelievably, the person [...] Google and Verizon ‘near deal to end net neutrality’ So much for Google’s “do no evil” corporate philosophy. Their CEO publicly supported net neutrality as recently as February too. The Federal Communications Commission plans to announce tomorrow that it will seek to reclassify broadband as a transport service, opening up a way for the agency to enforce network neutrality recommendations and implement some aspects of the National Broadband Plan. This is a huge move in the right direction. Net neutrality means the carriers [...] ‘People picked a pirate parliamentarian’ Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the Internet and Christian Engström, Pirate Party MEP agree. The net must be kept free, open, and away from the clutching hands of the corporatists. Berners-Lee: “To spy on my information to build a profile of me could be incredibly damaging. To use this information [...] WSJ Net neutrality is the principle that Internet providers should treat all data equally and avoid restricting or delaying access to certain sites. In other words, the providers must act like the phone companies and just pass the data along. They can’t be gatekeepers or block content. The FCC now unequivocally supports net [...] |  | ||||
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