Backroom Corporate Deals Won't Protect Net Neutrality
Free Press, August 19, 2010
Industry deal-making is no substitute for responsible policymaking. The latest effort by a few large companies to dictate the rules behind closed doors will not protect Internet users. Industry titans will propose rules that serve only their own interests. The uproar over the Verizon-Google deal leaves no room for doubt that the public rejects these secretive negotiations -- and so should the FCC.
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