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March 15, 2011

Sen. Al Franken: Violations of Net Neutrality Should Be a Crime 
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Democratic Senator Al Franken of Minnesota has announced plans to
introduce a bill that would criminalize violations of net neutrality.
Franken has described net neutrality as the most important free speech
issue of our time. On Monday, Sen. Franken spoke with the website
Techcrunch.com.

Senator Al Franken: "My concern is, is that as there's concentration in
media and fewer and fewer companies own the internet service providers,
there is the fear that they will do paid prioritization, have a faster
lane, and essentially consumers will be getting, really, content that's
paid for by large corporations that can afford the faster lane."



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