Free Press, ColorofChange.org, and other consumer groups held a rally at Google headquarters on Friday, protesting the company's proposed net neutrality plan with Verizon.The proposal, protesters claimed, will create a two- or multi-tier Internet, which would favor established media giants, freezing out startups and the average consumer.
Protesters submitted a list of what organizers said was 300,000 signatures of people opposed to the proposed arrangement, which would allow Google and Verizon the freedom to add new services on the Internet that would not be constrained by network neutrality policies. The wireless industry would also be exempt from net neutrality, a term used to describe a world in which every Internet service and Web site is given equal weight and equal priority over the others.
Note EU-Digest: For Google, which used to be the worlds friendly efficient search engine, the saying: "Power corrupts" fits the picture completely.
For more: Freedom of Expression and the Internet: Free Press, Others Hold Rally to Protest Google-Verizon Deal | News & Opinion | PCMag.com "
No comments:
Post a Comment