Posts tagged Obama

More than 80 Groups Demand Real Net Neutrality
Megan Tady
December 10, 2010

More than 80 organizations and businesses are today urging Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski to enact real Net Neutrality rules, not the empty compromise the chairman has proposed.

"Fake Net Neutrality" Scheme Threatens Internet Freedom
John Nichols
December 2, 2010

When Barack Obama was running for president, he made Net Neutrality an issue -- pledging to defend the core values of a free and open Internet by assuring that all Americans would have equal access to all websites and to all the promise of this digital age.

About the Verizon/Google 'Deal' on Net Neutrality
Marvin Ammori
August 6, 2010

This week, Bloomberg reported that Verizon and Google have made a deal on network neutrality policy they'd like to see in America. That deal (surprise!) is Google can get special privileges on Verizon's network.

Google-Verizon Deal: The End of The Internet as We Know It
Josh Silver
August 5, 2010

For years, Internet advocates have warned of the doomsday scenario that will play out on Monday: Google and Verizon will announce a deal that the New York Times reports "could allow Verizon to speed some online content to Internet users more quickly if the content's creators are willing to pay for the privilege."

A Week of Outrage Over FCC Closed-Door Meetings
Megan Tady
June 29, 2010

Last week, outraged bloggers and the public flogged the Federal Communications Commission after The Wall Street Journal reported that the agency had held "closed-door meetings" with industry executives to broker a deal on Net Neutrality.

Will the FCC Abandon President Obama’s Broadband Agenda While Pretending to Carry It Out?
Derek Turner
May 4, 2010

While campaigning for the presidency, Barack Obama promised he would “take a backseat to no one in my commitment to Net Neutrality.”

Well, it appears the president is now content not only to take a backseat, but willing to hand the keys over to the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission and let him drive the entire Obama broadband agenda off a cliff.

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