Obama's Statement on Keeping the Internet Open and Free

Obama’s Statement on Keeping the Internet Open and Free

The White House has launched it’s Net Neutrality Initiative in an effort to prevent Internet service providers from throttling web speeds or blocking websites.

More than any other invention of our time, the Internet has unlocked possibilities we could just barely imagine a generation ago. And here’s a big reason we’ve seen such incredible growth and innovation: Most Internet providers have treated Internet traffic equally. That’s a principle known as “net neutrality” — and it says that an entrepreneur’s fledgling company should have the same chance to succeed as established corporations, and that access to a high school student’s blog shouldn’t be unfairly slowed down to make way for advertisers with more money.