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'Internet Freedom' Champions Pressure FCC

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Friday, April 25, 2014   

RICHMOND, Va. – Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler has signaled his intention to allow broadband Internet service providers such as Comcast or Time Warner Cable to charge content providers higher prices for faster download speeds, which would mean higher prices for consumers.

Internet freedom watchdogs say that would create the equivalent of fast lanes for preferred customers, which violates the principle of net neutrality, and results in discrimination based on location and price.

Josh Levy, campaign director of the media advocacy group Free Press, calls it a huge threat to a free Internet.

"The only way to stop it is to organize and to channel everybody's anger and energy towards an effort to get the FCC to scrap those rules," he says.

Between now and May 15, when the Commission will formally act, a raft of public interest groups is plotting pushback efforts that include petitions, pressure on members of Congress and public protests.

Levy says initially, his group is urging people to sign petitions and call members of Congress.

"This is all about pressure focused on the FCC,” he explains. “Whether that pressure's coming directly from the public or from Congress, it needs to happen and they need to hear it, loud and clear."

Concerns about allowing this type of change center on giving online gatekeepers power to limit free speech, unfairly diminish competition or limit access geographically for political reasons.





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