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Feature Article by Stephen Lendman
Obama’s War on Net Neutrality
by Stephen Lendman
In 2008, candidate Obama pledged “(s)upport (for) the principle of network neutrality to preserve the benefits of open competition on the Internet.”
He’d “take a back seat to no one,” he said. He lied. He didn’t surprise. He’s a serial liar. He broke every major promise made.
He heads a repressive homeland police state apparatus. He’s waging war on free expression. He prioritizes intellectual property protection over Internet freedom.
He’s targeting it for elimination altogether. His first FCC chairman Julius Genachowski was disastrous. He established an “Open Internet Rule.”
It was “doomed from the start,” said Free Press.net. It was “(b)uilt on a flimsy legal foundation.”
It was riddled with corporate-friendly loopholes. In January, federal appeals court judges shot it down. According to Free Press Senior Director of Strategy Tim Karr:
They “stripped the agency o
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