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Google, Facebook, Twitter, and Others Outline Support for Net Neutrality Rules

Source: Mashable!

Oct 19, 2009

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This week, the FCC is expected to reveal the details of its Net Neutrality plan, which Chairman Julius Genachowski has discussed numerous times over the past month.

Now, a coalition of 23 of the world’s largest Internet and technology companies are formally offering their support for the new rules in a letter to the Chairman, posted to the Open Internet Colaition website.

Signed by Eric Schmidt of Google, Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook, Evan Williams of Twitter, and other industry leaders, the group once again articulates the pro-Net Neutrality argument:

“For most of the Internet’s history, FCC rules have ensured that consumers have been able to choose the content and services they want over their Internet connections. Entrepreneurs, technologists, and venture capitalists have previously been able to develop new online products and services with the guarantee of neutral, nondiscriminatory access by users, which has fueled an unprecedented era of economic growth and creativity. Existing businesses have been able to leverage the power of the Internet to develop i

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