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Humanity Lobotomy (a short film about Net Neutrality)

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Posted by Tim Hjersted on Oct. 11, 2010
10 min - Short Film - 1570 Views

The internet has was designed to be an open platform where anyone can create a website and any information can pass through a connection. If big business starts to be selective about what can pass through it will be like when the FCC cracked down on early radio expression and it wasn’t long before only commercial radio existed. The internet needs to stay neutral and not give certain files preference.

 

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