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About this episode

Video from today's rally at the Massachusetts State House in support of community access television and network neutrality. The US House and Senate are considering legislation that would take away local oversight of cable franchise agreements, making it harder for communities to get cable providers to invest in community television and local efforts to bridge the digital divide. The legislation would also allow Internet providers to favor their own content and discriminate against content produced by others. This means accessing content that isn't owned by the Internet provider could be slower, more expensive or both. Protestors argue that this is a violation of free speech and that the network underlying the Internet should remain content-neutral.

• Release Date

  May 24, 2006

• Runtime

  09:11