Wednesday, November 9, 2011

Net Neutrality and VideoJournalist Under Attack

Sen. Al Franken posted Tuesday on HuffPost (h/t Erin): "Net Neutrality is Under Attack...Again."
Net neutrality isn't a government takeover of the Internet, as many of my Republican colleagues have alleged. It isn't even a change from what we have now. Net neutrality has been in place since the very beginning of the Internet...it's what each and every one of us experiences every time we use the Internet. Right now, an e-mail from a friend arrives in your inbox just as quickly and reliably as an advertisement from Amazon.com. Consumers can go online and make a reservation at a small fishing lodge in Ely, Minnesota just as quickly as they can at the Hilton.

But many Republicans want to change that so that the large corporations they represent can increase their profit margins at the expense of small businesses and consumers.

Nikki posted video of a peaceable video guy getting shot at (rubber bullet or something) by Oakland police.

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