horrible news

[nemesis_hub]

http://www.ojr.org/ojr/stories/070906niles/

Today, the United States Justice Department came out against "Net Neutrality," endorsing the concept of allowing telecom companies to decide which websites and online services it will allow its customers to access, and at what

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[hermes_seal]

GAH! my previous internet will dissappear forever if this happens!

[hermes_seal]

while our internet is reletively free...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqAVvlyVbag&mode=related&search=

[mao_meow]

Those supporting net neutrality, myself included, point to the explosion in people-powered media over the past decade, which was made possible by the unprecedented ability of individuals, anywhere, to publish to a global platform, on an equal footing with corporate media.

HAHAHAHAH, how does have any relation to expanding consumer choice? yeah, maybe for a small group of incestral cock-guzzingly plutocracy, like upper class christian republicans or something...and oh...my! equal foothing with coporate media? haha, they dont even TRY TO HIDE the fact that they are generating facist censorship, amazing article, scary future

[taran_rallings]

Well, I understand where they are comming from...grass roots internet journalism IS one of the western worlds biggest barriers to functioning fascist state. Once corporations can make "deals" I have a feeling more than a few of these deals will involving pwning "terrorist" web pages. For those of us of the "terrorist" persuasion (ie, socialists, anarchists, radical environmentalists, anti-war activists, generally good people etc) this is a big problem. Even if it takes a while this really establishes the legal framework for SERIOUS limitations on free speech. Le cry.