Net Neutrality and Discourse
Watching the Primaries unfold, the candidacy of Senator Bernie Sanders unarguably benefits from new media's ability to subvert the narrative being pushed by the corporate news machine. Where would such a campaign be without The Young Turks, Thom Hartman, Daily Kos (sans Markos) and Social Media?
In coming years, be on the watch for further attempts to undermine Net Neutrality and stifle grassroots discourse and information sharing. This author is generally suspicious of regulator-foxes guarding their personal hen house, the current FCC rules are set up us as such.
http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/mar/03/net-neutrality-free-sp...
Secretary Clinton's motives, despite her vows "to enforce strong net neutrality," should not be trusted for reasons that need not be explained.
http://thehill.com/policy/technology/257569-clinton-touts-net-neutrality...
Protecting The Commons is vital to democracy. Discourse must not be privatized.
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Without doubt!
However, private ownership of social media also presents challenges. Take GOS for example - no longer promoting open conversation.
Or, how about Twitter taking down feeds that they don't like? “Twitter’s decision to censor the trending #WhichHillary hashtag is the latest example of the corporate media’s collusion with Hillary Clinton,”
(from: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/which-hillary-hashtag-twitter-censor... )
So yes, thankfully we have some progressive outlets online, but they don't really reach the masses (yet). We all need to be vigilant to preserve what net neutrality we have!
“Until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream.”