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Monday, June 12, 2006

Bullshit internet legislation

The house voted something like 300 to 100 to allow phone and cable companies to both refuse service to web sites whose content they disagree with and to allow sites that can afford to pay higher fees privileges in terms of quicker access to their customers, etc (meaning that a small non profit might have to "wait" to reach their internet friends because someone like Disney could pay way more.) A guy interviewed on Democracy Now said it's pretty much like allowing certain people to pass through a toll booth before others. It's total bullshit. The senate will be voting soon. Go back to http://www.savetheinternet.com and get involved! Amy Goodman also asked the guy (from alliance for community media, I think) if she thought this move was payback to the companies for allowing the illegal NSA wiretapping. He said yeah. I don't know about all that, I just know this is another suck.

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