Why Al Franken Was Right About Net Neutrality
Huffington Post, August 30, 2010
By Leslie Harris
The Internet is at a crossroads. The FCC's Net Neutrality proceedings have exposed two competing visions for the future of the network that the Supreme Court has called "the most participatory form of mass speech yet developed." Here's the brutal truth: When the dust from rulemaking and the inevitable court battles to follow has settled-- the Internet that we know and love may no longer exist.
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