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The Dem Congress Must Save the Internet

As much as anything, last Tuesday's vote was also a call for Congress to end "business as usual" and return to governing in the public interest. Nowhere is this need more glaring than in media policymaking. Large media corporations have been the nation's biggest beneficiaries of -- and lobbyists for -- media regulations.

The debate over net neutrality pits the special interests of the few against a massive grassroots effort. At SavetheInternet.com, more than a million people signed the petition urging Congress to maintain the free and open Internet. Thousands of bloggers have linked to the site -- many of them posting homemade videos to counteract the expensive misinformation campaign launched by Astroturf groups like Hands Off the Internet and TV4U that are funded by phone and cable companies.

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IssuesMedia, Politics/Government, Censorship, Digital Divide, Digital Media, Media Literacy, Legal Reform
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Posted on November 20, 2006 in News Elsewhere by Anayansi