Posts tagged free speech

The Internet's Greatest Gift: Participation
Jack M. Balkin
December 16, 2009

What do digital networks make possible? First, they allow people to become active speakers and creators instead of merely passive consumers of information and entertainment. Second, they decentralize innovation, giving people abundant opportunities to create and use new applications for communication and creativity.

ACLU: Setting the Record Straight on Net Neutrality
Jay Stanley
December 14, 2009

The cable industry is saying that Network Neutrality would violate the First Amendment because it would prohibit them from “expressing themselves” by distorting the flow of information over the Internet wires they control.

Cable Industry Confused: It's Not Their First Amendment, But Ours
Marvin Ammori
December 11, 2009

The cable and phone industry keep making the offensive argument that the First Amendment belongs to them, not you--and that the First Amendment empowers them to stifle your online speech just so they can make more money.

Net Neutrality at Home Is Key to Promoting Democracy Abroad, say White House, State Department
Marvin Ammori
November 25, 2009

If we as a nation don't preserve Network Neutrality at home, we undermine our diplomacy goals and pro-democracy initiatives abroad. So say senior officials at the State Department and the White House, who spoke Thursday at an academic conference organized by the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

Why the Future of Online Speech Depends on Net Neutrality
Clothilde Le Coz
November 4, 2009

Late last week, the Federal Communications Commission announced it was seeking public input on draft rules that would codify and supplement existing Internet openness principles. This was another chapter in the ongoing "Net neutrality" debate.

American Library Association Wants Network Neutrality
Carrie Lowe
August 10, 2009

At last month’s American Library Association annual conference in Chicago, I served on a Sunday morning panel presentation on the topic of Network Neutrality. On that day, there was no Network Neutrality legislation in Congress (like there is today, thanks to Reps. Markey and Eshoo).