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Low-income communities are being stranded as everyone else catches a ride on the information superhighway.
The chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (not pictured) last week unveiled what he calls "the strongest open Internet protections ever proposed" by the agency. Tim Karr, one of the main organizers of the campaign leading to the FCC’s net neutrality vote, talks with "Democracy Now!"
President Obama called Monday for "the strongest possible rules to protect" the open Internet and voiced opposition to proposals by cable and telecom companies to create fast lanes on the Internet for users who can afford to pay.
Low-income communities are being stranded as everyone else catches a ride on the information superhighway.
President Obama called Monday for "the strongest possible rules to protect" the open Internet and voiced opposition to proposals by cable and telecom companies to create fast lanes on the Internet for users who can afford to pay.
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