Guest Column Al Franken As you may know, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has decided not to bring the PROTECT IP Act (the Senate’s version of SOPA) up for a vote next week. And since I’ve heard from many of you about this issue, I wanted to take a moment to share why I support…
Net Neutrality
Obama FCC Approves Disastrous Takeover of NBC by Cable Giant Comcast
by Glynn Wilson The Federal Communications Commission voted Tuesday to approve the takeover of the news network NBC by cable and Internet giant Comcast, the nation’s largest cable and home Internet service provider, in what critics are calling nothing less than a disaster for free and independent media in the United States. The Obama Justice…
Senator Al Franken Speaks Out on Corporate Media Mergers
Right now, the FCC and Department of Justice are preparing to approve the NBC/Comcast merger, “something that would have dire consequences for years to come,” according to Senator Al Franken. He is calling on concerned citizens to sign an open letter to Attorney General Holder and FCC Chairman Genachowski. Sample Letter Below
Senator Al Franken Says Net Neutrality Plan Leaves Corporate Loopholes
U.S. Senator Al Franken, D-Minn., is now saying the new Net Neutrality proposal just released by the Obama administration from Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski would take the country in the wrong direction. “Unfortunately, now that we’ve got more information about his proposal, it’s becoming clear that without significant changes it would take us…
Are Google and Verizon Selling the Public Out on Net Neutrality?
A few weeks ago, Google and Verizon announced a proposed policy framework that they claimed would protect net neutrality. “Unfortunately, that’s simply not the case,” according to U.S. Senator Al Franken. “This framework doesn’t protect net neutrality — it undermines it.” “The Google-Verizon ‘framework’ was written so as not to apply to wireless Internet services.…
