Federal Communications Commissioner Michael Copps cited AT&T's recent censorship of a Pearl Jam concert as evidence for the necessity of Network Neutrality to preserve democracy and freedom of speech.
Copps also said that, because of the raucous public debate about Net Neutrality, Internet service providers, in general, have been on good behavior so the public can't point fingers.
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"So when something like the episode occurs with Pearl Jam that you're referencing that ought to concern all of us," he said.
"It ought to concern us whether we're liberal or conservative, Republican or Democrat, young or old, because if you can do it for one group you can do it to any group and say well it's not intentional and things like that."
AT&T came forward last week and admitted to the inadvertent censorship of "a handful" of
FCC: Public Debate Keeps ISPs At Bay
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