FREE PRESS QUESTIONS JUSTICE DEPARTMENT'S LATE HIT AGAINST NET NEUTRALITY
[SOURCE: Free Press news release]
Public interest advocates are seeking to uncover whether industry lobbyists or
White House politics unduly influenced a recent Justice Department filing
against Net Neutrality the longstanding principle that prevents phone and
cable companies from discriminating against Web sites and services. Free Press,
the national, nonpartisan media reform group that coordinates the
SavetheInternet.com Coalition, today submitted a request under the Freedom of
Information Act to uncover the underlying factors that led to the Justice
Departments Sept. 6 filing at the Federal Communications Commission which
came months after the FCCs formal comment period had closed. We want to know
what motivated the Department of Justice to oppose Net Neutrality this late in
the process, said Marvin Ammori, general counsel of Free Press and author of
the request. The filing lacks any evidence of serious investigation into this
critical issue and fits into a pattern of politically motivated decisions
coming out of the Justice Department. We want to know if the Bush
administrations lawyers reached out to any of the thousands of groups,
businesses or individuals who support Net Neutrality or if they only talked
to industry lobbyists at AT&T and Verizon.
http://www.freepress.net/press/release.php?id=271
* Justice Department Should Explain Stand Against Net Neutrality
http://www.consumersunion.org/blogs/hun/2007/09/justice_department_should_expl.html
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