[ NNSquad ] Verizon claims (effectively) that they can censor anything you say on the Internet

[Lauren Weinstein <lauren@vortex.com>]

Verizon claims (effectively) that they can censor anything you say on the Internet

http://j.mp/VgIFNP  (SFGate)

    "Verizon takes the prize for most outrageous claim of a First Amendment
     right. Its challenge to the 2010 Federal Communications Commission
     rule that requires an open Internet - effectively preventing the
     companies that provide online connections from censoring or favoring
     content - as an abridgement of Verizon's free speech.  If Verizon's
     argument as presented to a federal appeals court holds, then the
     constitutional guarantee of "free speech" suddenly would include the
     right to suppress someone else's ability to transmit or receive
     information."

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--Lauren--
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