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Moyers on America: The Net @ Risk (2006)

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Posted by Films For Action on Nov. 26, 2010

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The future of the Internet is up for grabs. Big corporations are lobbying Washington to turn the gateway to the Web into a toll road. Yet the public knows little about what's happening behind closed doors where the future of democracy's newest forum is being decided. In this feature documentary, renowned journalist Bill Moyers brings us the most in-depth summary on the issue of "network neutrality" to date. A must see.

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Other videos featuring Bill Moyers include:

Bill Moyers on Plutonomy (2010), Whistleblower Exposes Health Industry (2010), Bill Moyers on Media Reform (2008), The Iraq War & Big Oil (2008), The Secret Government (1987)

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