Rand Paul, Who Accepts Bitcoin Donations, Is Trying to Kill Net Neutrality
http://motherboard.vice.com/read/rand-paul-who-accepts-bitcoin-donations-is-trying-to-kill-net-neutrality Sen. Rand Paul is running for the GOP presidential nomination--and he's also vying for the title of "biggest net neutrality hater." Paul, the Kentucky Republican, has introduced a resolution designed to torpedo the Federal Communications Commission's net neutrality rules, in the latest GOP assault on the new open internet policy. Open internet advocates call the measure a political stunt that demonstrates a basic ignorance of how the internet works--and is likely to alienate young, tech-savvy voters and potential Silicon Valley donors who strongly support net neutrality. "Rand Paul and Ted Cruz are competing to be most clueless person on the internet," said Marvin Ammori, a tech policy lawyer and leading net neutrality advocate, referring to Cruz's infamous description of net neutrality as "Obamacare" for the internet. "Is this how they intend to court millennials?" - - - Hypocritical son like hypocritical father. --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein ([email protected]): http://www.vortex.com/lauren Founder: - Network Neutrality Squad: http://www.nnsquad.org - PRIVACY Forum: http://www.vortex.com/privacy-info Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibility: http://www.pfir.org/pfir-info Member: ACM Committee on Computers and Public Policy Lauren's Blog: http://lauren.vortex.com Google+: http://google.com/+LaurenWeinstein Twitter: http://twitter.com/laurenweinstein Tel: +1 (818) 225-2800 / Skype: vortex.com _______________________________________________ pfir mailing list http://lists.pfir.org/mailman/listinfo/pfir
