Press reports are circulating that the Democratic Chairman of the Energy and Commerce Committee, Rep. Henry Waxman from California, is preparing to introduce legislation that would -- if press reports are to be believed -- give the Internet over to corporate control and kill free speech online.
Reportedly, the bill would be even worse than the backroom deal Google made with Verizon last month:
"This would be a big win for the Bells and cable," wrote Rebecca Arbogast, head of tech policy research at Stifel Nicholaus.
Why is Henry Waxman, a champion for progressive causes in the past, driving this awful legislation? According to sources I've spoken with, the forces behind a bill like this think this is the "best they can get" and the goal is to "avoid a fight" over Internet freedom.
Only in the hallways of Congress is a "fight" to protect the First Amendment of the Internet controversial or undesirable. Out here in the real world, we fight for what we believe in.
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