Future of the Internet: Public Hearing with the FCC
Decisions made by the FCC over the next few months will determine whether a handful of corporations will take over the Internet. The only thing that can match the companies’ big money is big groups of people. It’s that simple.
Free Press, Main Street Project and the Center for Media Justice co-hosted the first public hearing on the Future of the Internet on Thursday, Aug. 19.
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The hearing featured FCC Commissioners Michael Copps and Mignon Clyburn, Sen. Al Franken and Secretary of State Mark Ritchie. Here are the details:
| Featured Speakers: | FCC Commissioner Michael Copps |
| FCC Commissioner Mignon Clyburn | |
| Sen. Al Franken | |
| Secretary of State Mark Ritchie | |
| Josh Silver, Free Press | |
| amalia deloney, Center for Media Justice | |
| Steven Renderos, Main Street Project |
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| Community Panel: | Frank Reese, Leech Lake |
| Chris Mitchell, Institute for Local Self Reliance | |
| Chaka Mkali of HOPE Community & hip hop artist I-Self-Divine |
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| Open Mic: | Time for members of the public to tell the FCC how they see the future of the Internet. |
| Location: | South High School, 3131 19th Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN (please use the parking lot entrance) |
| Date/Time: | Thursday, Aug. 19, 2010, 6 p.m. |
Help us show the FCC that the American people won’t allow control of the most revolutionary communications tool in human history to be handed to the likes of Google and Verizon.
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