On the Media: Command and Control

Command and Control
On the Media (NPR)

As a practical matter, who controls the internet is whoever enables you to access it -- and in the U.S. that would be service providers like Comcast, Verizon and Time Warner. The only check on their power has been the Federal Communications Commission. That is, until [April] when a court invalidated that power. Bob speaks with two advocates about the pros and cons of an unregulated net.

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