Facebook is talking to the White House about giving you ‘free’ Internet. Here’s why that may be controversial. - The Washington Post

audrey's bookmarks 2016-10-07

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“Zero-rating is pernicious, unfair and unnecessary,” said Susan Crawford, a law professor at Harvard who has advocated for strong regulation of the broadband industry. Permitting the practice would simply enable “the gameplaying of companies who have a strong interest in maintaining the status quo.”

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2016/10/06/facebook-is-talking-to-the-white-house-about-giving-you-free-internet-heres-why-that-may-be-controversial/

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10/07/2016, 13:17

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