Quotes tagged ‘Net Neutrality’

“Net Neutrality allowed me to invent the web. If protections are scrapped, innovators will have to ask ISPs for permission to get their ideas out – a disaster for creativity. A disaster for the internet.”

— Tim Berners-Lee, twitter.com

“I hope that Congress can protect net neutrality, so I can continue to innovate in the internet space. I want to see the explosion of innovations happening out there on the Web, so diverse and so exciting, continue unabated.”

— Tim Berners-Lee, en.wikiquote.org

“Let's see whether the United States is capable as acting according to its important values, or whether it is, as so many people are saying, run by the misguided short-term interested of large corporations.”

— Tim Berners-Lee, en.wikiquote.org

“"Net Neutrality" means corporations can't pay to manipulate how you use the internet (PORN).If this goes away, not only will all your data (PORN HABITS) be scrutinized by telecom companies, they can decide how fast your internet works on certain websites (YOUR PORN WON'T LOAD).”

— Bess Kalb, twitter.com

“Hundreds of thousands of Americans are having their identities stolen and used to interfere in government decisions about whether internet service providers should be allowed to block apps, slow websites and charge fees for what people do online.”

— Graham Lanktree, newsweek.com

“Let me explain #NetNeutrality: if FCC dismantles it & you get internet from Verizon, they may force you to use YAHOO as your search engine (because they own it) & make you PAY to use GOOGLE. Would you like that?”

— twitwar2017, twitter.com

“Let me explain #NetNeutrality if FCC dismantles it & you get internet from Verizon, they may force you to use YAHOO as your search engine (because they own it) & make you PAY to use GOOGLE. Would you like that?”

— twitwar2017, twitter.com

“What would you think of a world in which people couldn’t afford to look online for jobs and kids couldn’t afford to do their online schoolwork? For that matter, would you be troubled if news and information about some controversial matter became tougher to find online because the major providers of…”

— Sun-Times Editorial Board, chicago.suntimes.com

“Killing net neutrality will: HURT small companies. HELP huge companies like AT&T, Verizon.”

— Joseph Gordon-Levitt, twitter.com

“The success of America’s startup ecosystem depends on an open internet with enforceable net neutrality rules, ensuring that small companies can compete on a level playing field without the threat that their services will be discriminated against by big cable and wireless companies.”

— StartUps For Net Neutrality, engine.is

“Gutting net neutrality will have a devastating effect on free speech online. Without it, gateway corporations like Comcast, Verizon, and AT&T will have too much power to mess with the free flow of information.”

— Jay Stanley, theverge.com

“Yet again, Chairman Pai and the FCC are rewarding pay-to-play politics, ensuring that those with money have a seat at the table, and shutting everyone else out. Net neutrality protections ensure that the Internet remains open, fair, and equal for everyone. By dismantling these protections, we turn o…”

— Tulsi Gabbard, gabbard.house.gov

“We believe that consumers should continue to enjoy open on-ramps to the Internet. That means no Internet access provider should block or degrade Internet traffic, nor should they sell ‘fast lanes’ that prioritize particular Internet services over others. These rules should apply regardless of whethe…”

— Google, google.com

“The proposal, made by the F.C.C. chairman, Ajit Pai, is a sweeping repeal of rules put in place by the Obama administration. The rules prohibit high-speed internet service providers, or I.S.P.s, from stopping or slowing down the delivery of websites... They also prevent the companies from charging c…”

— Cecilia Kang, nytimes.com

“In recent years the internet has really become a place for people to spread non-media regulated information and for social justice movements to find their footing. I cannot stop thinking about how this is probably a huge huge reason why net neutrality has been on the chopping block so frequently lat…”

— egberts, egberts.tumblr.com

“Wiping out net neutrality would have big consequences. Without it, your broadband provider could carve internet access into fast and slow lanes, favoring the traffic of online platforms that have made special payments and consigning all others to a bumpy road. Your provider would have the power to c…”

— Jessica Rosenworcel, latimes.com

“Net Neutrality rules prevent internet service providers from favoring or blocking certain websites. It also prevents them from charging you extra based on the content of a website. Without Net Neutrality, an internet service provider could sell service that blocked or filtered out websites with view…”

— Renato Mariotti, twitter.com

“Change is difficult, especially when your business — in this case the broadcast business — provides a valuable national service, but does so in an environment in which increasingly over-the-air is only one of the platforms available to distribute video.”

— Tom Wheeler, fcc.gov

“There has to be some ability on the part of government to oversee, to assess, and, if warranted, to intervene.”

— Tom Wheeler, fcc.gov

“Not unlike how the radio stations of 1920s needed to be protected from technical interference, today’s entrepreneurs need to have a fair opportunity to reach their customers over the biggest technological channel of them all – the Internet.”

— Tom Wheeler, fcc.gov