Network Neutrality

I got a note from Moveon.org about the current push to give the corporations who own the physical structure of the Internet control over what content will be available to people like us. Ostensibly, this is supposed to get rid of kiddie porn and hate sites. What it will eventually do, though, is limit our right to speak our minds on the 'Net. I can see Verizon using A.I. programs to sniff out and shut down sites which say critical things about Verizon. In fact, sites that have comments critical of virtually anybody or anything could be censored (because the owner of the "pipes" could get sued for content going over those pipes. (The fact that they could be sued is another question entirely...one that needs addressing now more than ever, but will have to wait until I get past the next few weeks.)

I will be adding a Network Neutrality logo and I urge anyone who reads this to do the same. Maybe if enough people are seen as supporting Network Neutrality, the nabobs in Washington and their corporate lobbyist overlords, will back down on this one. BTW, our own Rep. Mike Ferguson (R-NJ) has already voted against Nework Neutrality. It is time for Mike to be given his walking papers as part of a reassertion of this state's traditional values.