Minn Post: Franken: Net neutrality the 'most important First Amendment issue of our time'

WASHINGTON — Sen. Al Franken today said the principle of net neutrality — meaning that equivalent Internet access is given to all content — is "under assault — not from the government but from corporations seeking to control the flow of information in America."

In an opinion column published on CNN.com, Franken warned that allowing prioritization online would violate the First Amendment by allowing one set of information to have more priority than another, implicitly shunning those who can't p...