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‘It’s important to preserve the Internet as an open platform for free expression’

‘It’s important to preserve the Internet as an open platform for free expression’ The Internet is a place for communications, free expression and an exchange of information without a heavy-handed corporate thumb and that must be preserved, Internet Slowdown activist Casey Rae said. On September 10, activists with the support of Mozilla, Reddit, Netflix, Foursquare, Vimeo and WordPress held the ‘Internet Slowdown’ protest against a US plan that would segregate Internet surfing speeds and abolish the principle of “net neutrality.” Under the rules proposed by the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC), big telecom companies like Verizon, Comcast and AT&T would… View Article