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Two-Tier Internet & The End of Freedom of Speech

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the keep-ringing-the-bell dept.

Max Fomitchev writes "The proposed Two-Tier Internet bill threatens not only to raise prices on goods and services served online but also to seriously hamper free speech on Internet by allowing telecom providers choking user pages and blogs not associated with major content providers. What a perfect way of censorship..."

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  2. Re:Enough of the Editorializing Already by Tackhead · · Score: 4, Funny
    > Remember: Your right to "free speech" does NOT come with a corresponding right to be heard.

    Yes it does -- every human being on the planet has a right to be heard every time they speak. Not just Americans! Every human being on the planet has this right.

    NSA is out there, burning billions of dollars and quadrillions of exaflops of computing power, all in a valiant effort to defend your right to be heard. And you just knock 'em off like that. Such ingratitude!