Posts from January 2010

The Open Internet Is in the Public’s Interest
Chris Riley
January 29, 2010

This is the sixth and final post in a series of posts by Chris Riley, Free Press Policy Counsel, to summarize the primary policy recommendations made in recent comments submitted to the Federal Communications Commission in its open Internet proceeding. Today’s topic: why open Internet rules are in the public interest.

Universal Open Broadband: An Attainable Reality
Jessica J. Gonzalez ...
January 29, 2010

The Latino community seems to agree that broadband is vital to our success. Broadband Internet access allows people of color to tell our own stories fairly and accurately, and to pursue educational, occupational and social opportunities that are only available over the Web.

The Gatekeepers’ Discrimination Delusion
Chris Riley
January 28, 2010

This is the fifth in a series of posts by Chris Riley, Free Press Policy Counsel, to summarize the primary policy recommendations made in recent comments submitted to the Federal Communications Commission in its open Internet proceeding. Today’s topic: business models.

Why Media and Journalism Scholars Support Network Neutrality
Bill Herman
January 28, 2010

Academic associations tend to be politically conservative.

I don't mean that they revere Ronald Reagan and Milton Friedman, though plenty of scholars do. Rather, each group – representing a field's professors and graduate students – tends to evade controversy, rarely taking a public stance on an issue that might divide the membership.

Send a Thank You to Commissioner Clyburn
Malkia Cyril
January 27, 2010

Martin Luther King Jr. said: “We must rapidly begin the shift from a "thing-oriented" society to a "person-oriented" society. When machines and computers, profit motives and property rights are considered more important than people, the giant triplets of racism, materialism, and militarism are incapable of being conquered.”

Clear and Complete Disclosure, Without Loopholes, Is the Only ‘Reasonable’ Way
Chris Riley
January 26, 2010

This is the fourth in a series of posts by Chris Riley, Free Press Policy Counsel, to summarize the primary policy recommendations made in recent comments submitted to the Federal Communications Commission in its open Internet proceeding. Today’s topic: disclosure.

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