TheUptake: Right Wing, Telecoms "Making Things Up" About Net Neutrality Says Sen. Franken

Senator Al Franken takes his advocacy for internet neutrality to South By Southwest (SXSW), a music festival that has also become a meeting spot for technical entrepreneurs from all over the world. Senator Franken talks about how big corporations and Republicans in Congress are trying to undermine "net neutrality" at every turn. Large corporations are pressuring congress to allow some internet websites to have priority on the internet if they pay for it. Doing so could threaten the open exchange of ideas and media that the internet has fostered.


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