Timothy Karr, has a posting today on the Huffington Post about the Federal Communications Commission holding “closed-door meetings” with industry to broker a deal on Net Neutrality — the rule that lets users determine their own Internet experience.
He writes “Given that the corporations at the table all profit from gaining control over information, the outcome won’t be pretty.”
The meetings include a small group of industry lobbyists representing the likes of AT&T, Verizon, the National Cable & Telecommunications Association, and Google. They reportedly met for two-and-a-half hours on Monday morning and will convene another meeting today. The goal according to insiders is to “reach consensus” on rules of the road for the Internet.
In addition to the FCC our esteemed Congress is also holding closed door meetings about the Internet. “…this is the same Congress that is bankrolled by the phone and cable lobby in excess of $100 million.”
To have a handful of businesses controlling the content and operation of the Internet can’t be a good sign for us peons out here that use it.
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