Wednesday, July 16, 2014

The History-Making Fight to Save the Internet

Amy Kroin The word “historic” gets tossed around a lot, but let’s face it: Not everything is worthy of the term. But this has been a truly historic week in the fight to save the Internet. And it’s barely begun. Ever since a federal court struck down the FCC’s old Internet rules in January, millions of people have spoken out about the importance of preserving Net Neutrality. Chairman Tom Wheeler’s pay-to-play plan, which would allow rampant discrimination online, has generated a bigger public response than any other proposal in the agency’s history. In fact, the FCC’s electronic comment-filing site crashed earlier today because so many people were trying to submit comments by the original midnight deadline.



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