There's an interesting concept in the world of Internet usage called "net neutrality," which basically means no restrictions be placed on the ability for one to be able to access and use the Internet (by an Internet Provider). This may change with two giant companies plotting to dictate your ability to access the internet. Ironically, this stems from (1) an inability for someone to govern this freedom and (2) advertising models.
Some NYT articles about it:
2010/08/05/
2010/08/10/
2010/08/12/
2010/08/14/
A joint blog post about it:
JointPolicyProposalforanOpenInternet
2 comments:
From an ideological standpoint I'm very pro-net neutrality; however, who knows what the future holds.
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That said, I've worked on a PSA about net neutrality with a friend - kind of a stop motion animation thing I plan on posting here as soon as it's finished post-production. Hopefully you're all mega impressed.
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