New at Reason: Peter Suderman on Net Nannies at the FCC

October 29, 2009

Peter Suderman writes that proponents of net neutrality say that the policy is necessary to preserve the Internet's long-standing openness. Without tougher regulations, they claim, we could end up with a corporate-controlled Web that stifles free speech, hurts innovators, and denies the public its rightful access to a powerful communications tool. And they point to studies they argue prove their points. But as Suderman argues, key reports being used to bolster the cause of net neutrality are flawed and unconvincing. And neutrality advocates have precious little in the way of hard data to back up their worries about an Internet broken by corporate control.

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