US House Bill to Address Internet Freedom

HR2353, The Internet Freedom Preservation Act of 2008, has been introduced with bipartisan support in the US House of Representatives to deal with the increasing threat of internet freedoms and access being controlled and regulated by outside corporations acting as internet service providers. This serious risk could eventuate in an internet of limited controlled content and restrictions on freedoms of speech and other constitutional liberties. The proposed legislation calls for an internet that "will promote openness, competition, innovation, and affordable, ubiquitous broadband service for all individuals in the United States.” Hopefully these objectives will be achieved to maintain the incredible freedoms and information at ones fingertips that the internet has brought us.

http://www.freepress.net/news/30407

http://www.savetheinternet.com/blog/2008/02/12/internet-bill-would-bar-discrimination-engage-the-public-on-better-policy/

http://www.freepress.net/docs/markey_086_xml.pdf

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