MMTC Ex-Parte – shades of similarity
26 01 2010All..
An ex-parte letter from Minority Media and Telecommunications Council expressing concerns not unlike we deaf/hoh have.
Minority Ex Parte
Quotable quotes:
"The Commission should ensure that net neutrality rules are neither written nor applied in a manner that adversely affects the participation of minorities online and in society."
"..ensure that even if the rules are truly neutral in their text and application, that they do not, in their very “neutrality,” lock into place and perpetuate into the future the vast current racial disparities in broadband access, adoption, and informed use."
"Permanent digital second-class citizenship is unacceptable on every level. The Commission must avoid the enormous social and moral costs that would attend the creation of a permanent digital underclass and consider the impact of its race-neutral policies on minorities."
So we’re not alone, and we have to fight to get our inherent rights.
eyes open & thumbs up,
Ed
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