Free Press filed a Freedom of Information Act request at the Just...
Free Press filed a Freedom of Information Act request at the Justice Department for information that it contends could show that “industry lobbyists or White House politics unduly influenced” the agency’s recent filing at the FCC, opposing net neutrality…
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regulations (CD Sept 7 p4). The Justice filing was suspiciously late in the FCC’s broadband practices proceeding, said Free Press General Counsel Marvin Ammori. “The filing lacks any evidence of serious investigation… and fits into a pattern of politically motivated decisions coming out of the Justice Department.” Free Press, like the Media Access Project, also raised the likelihood that domestic surveillance will result from not imposing net- neutrality rules. “Actions taken against privacy and the open Internet by AT&T and the Bush administration are precisely why we need to make net neutrality the law,” said Free Press Policy Director Ben Scott. The group said the Bush administration hurt universal Internet access by opposing net neutrality.