Net Neutrality, Verizon and Google

Dear Friends,

Net neutrality is a rather arcane subject to most people. But when Google and Verizon and Fox News determine which sites you can access at fast speed and which sites you can access at slow speeds and which content is readily available and which is hidden behind slow speed access, then the people will understand why net neutrality is so important.  Unfortunately, the Obama Administration and Congress are failing to maintain net neutrality while the big corporations are agreeing how to control the internet.  My first post on net neutrality was on April 11 (here).  I followed that post up with a post entitled "Caving on Net Neutrality" on May 4th (here).  Unfortunately, as usual, President Obama did not act on my advice.

Subsequently, neither the FCC nor Congress has acted to protect the internet from control by the big corporations.  Senator Franken (D-MN) one of my senators and a great senator at that has called net neutrality the biggest First Amendment issue of our time.  He is right, and he is not exaggerating.  Here is a link to Al Franken's speech and the opportunity to sign his petition supporting net neutrality.  Please follow the link, listen to the speech and sign the petition.  In addition, please contact President Obama (here) to force him to take action to protect net neutrality. 

Thanks for reading and please comment,
The Unabashed Liberal