Verizon’s argument that the Internet can be closed or managed...
Verizon’s argument that the Internet can be closed or managed by private parties is the “exact opposite” of America’s foreign policy regarding Internet openness, said former FCC Chairman Reed Hundt at a Capitol briefing Wednesday. Hundt co-authored an amicus brief…
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that objected to Verizon’s argument to overturn the FCC’s Open Internet order based on the company’s First Amendment rights (http://xrl.us/bn3w5m). Verizon’s challenge before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit in Verizon vs. FCC argues that the company has a First Amendment right to decide what it transmits online, and that right trumps the commission’s December 2010 net neutrality order. “It is perfectly OK that they can raise these arguments,” Hundt said, “but it is also a really great time to say this is not the vision we have for the world.” Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has made several speeches since 2010 to advocate for a free and open Internet.