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Free internet depends on establishing ‘net neutrality’

donal brown October 29, 2009

While the European Union is rejecting the principles of an open internet, the United States with leadership from the Obama administration favors “net neutrality”, policies the provides equal access to the internet without any restrictions on accessing content.No company or government would be allowed to restrict use except to safeguard security and to fix temporary technical glitches.-DB MediaShift Commentary October 29, 2009 By Clothilde Le Coz Late last week, the Federal Communications Commission announced it was seeking public input

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T-Mobile wants to censor text messages

donal brown September 23, 2010

T-Mobile testified in federal court that it wants to retain the power to censor text messages in short-code marketing campaigns to protect itself from “potentially illegal, fraudulent, or offensive marketing campaigns conducted on its network.” -db Wired September 22, 2010 By David Kravets T-Mobile told a federal judge Wednesday it may pick and choose which text messages to deliver on its network in a case weighing whether wireless carriers have the same “must carry” obligations

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San Francisco foundation asks feds to close loopholes allowing industry clamps on free speech

donal brown January 14, 2010

The Electronic Frontier Foundation has asked the Federal Communications Commission to close loopholes in proposed rules on network neutrality that could allow the entertainment industry and law enforcement to curtail free speech and innovation. -DB Electronic Frontier Foundation Press Release January 14, 2010 SAN FRANCISCO – The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) called on the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) today to close loopholes in its proposed regulations for network neutrality — loopholes that could let the

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Wired gives Obama B- for grade on transparency

firstamendment June 2, 2009

In assessing Obama’s first 100 days in office, Wired rated him low in privacy and copyright, high in science and net neutrality and gave him a B- for transparency. -DB Wired April 29, 2009 By David Kravets As President Barack Obama marks his 100th day in office today, we’ve set out to grade the 44th president’s performance on the bread-and-butter issues near and dear to Wired.com: copyright, cyber security, science, net neutrality, transparency and privacy.

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