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Pirate Bay Founder: ‘I Have Given Up’ | Motherboard

“The internet is shit today. It’s broken. It was probably always broken, but it’s worse than ever.”

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An open Internet: how new regulations hurt both sides of the debate - Fortune

An open Internet: how new regulations hurt both sides of the debate - Fortune | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it
The U.S. was one of the few countries not to reflexively regulate the Internet like the nation’s monopolistic telephone system, but the FCC's new proposals would break with this tradition.
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5 Really Big Myths About 'Next Generation' Civil Rights and the Fight for an Open Internet

5 Really Big Myths About 'Next Generation' Civil Rights and the Fight for an Open Internet | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it
As Black communities emerge from the shadows of criminalization, hashtags like #BlackLivesMatter have jumped off the computer screen and into the street. Beyond sparking a long-awaited new civil rights movement, they are also catalyzing an amazing 21st century model for civil rights activism.
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Regulating Open Internet Will Stifle Manufacturing Innovation | NAM

Regulating Open Internet Will Stifle Manufacturing Innovation | NAM | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it

“Manufacturers are in the midst of a resurgence that’s fueling job growth and economic recovery nationwide, and today’s decision to regulate the Internet using an 80-year-old regulatory scheme threatens to curtail this resurgence, stifling future investment in the communications infrastructure that has helped fuel manufacturing innovation.


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The truth about an Open Internet - The Hill (blog)

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Reasonable Open Internet policies are something that both Republicans and Democrats can, and should, support.
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An Open Internet Is Essential to a Free Internet: Why Net Neutrality Should ... - EFF

An Open Internet Is Essential to a Free Internet: Why Net Neutrality Should ... - EFF | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it

Right now the FCC is considering a set of rules that would allow Internet providers to offer faster access to some websites that can afford to pay.  We need to stop them.

Guadalupe Chavez's curator insight, September 15, 2014 10:12 AM

The two factions involved are those who want free internet and the companies supporting fast lane internet that must be paid for.