Why Is the Internet Association Rewarding a Pro-NSA Net-Neutrality Opponent?

First time accepted submitter erier2003 writes The decision to give a major award to House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy is curious given McCarthy's many questionable stances on Internet-freedom issues. For one thing, the California congressman is an avowed opponent of net neutrality. In May 2014, as the Federal Communications Commission debated new net neutrality rules, McCarthy—then the House Majority Whip, the chamber's third-highest-ranking member—signed a House GOP letter to the FCC warning that Title II regulation represented "a counterproductive effort to even further regulate the Internet."

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A hit-piece of a submission...

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For one thing, the California congressman is an avowed opponent of net neutrality.

Such opposition to the government's attempts to force ISPs to do certain things alone makes one a freedom-fighter in my book.