What Experts Say 1: John Nichols

John Nichol’s blog article “Fake Net Neutrality” focuses on President Barack Obama’s stance on the Net Neutrality act. Over the past 5 years, the US Congress has had a surge of bills attempting to limit what can be posted on the internet. Essentially, what is proposed in these bills are how internet providers can limit our internet used, based on what site we visit, and how we represent ourselves through this medium. The internet is by no means a medium of media to be taken lightly, as can be seen in the idea of posting a blog, and the limiting use of internet is a scary prospect. Genachowski is stated in the blog to have said “The proposed rule…. Falls far short of what’s necessary to prevent phone and cable companies from turning the Internet into cable TV”. (Genachowski, 2010) The idea behind this, as stated in the blog, is basically, internet providers could limit speeds for what content they don’t want to push, and only offer high speeds towards paid services, or media that they approve as “Beneficially” for their company. Albeit an older article, Nichols still calls for the people to stand together, stating “America won’t have to settle for a fake net neutrality”(Nichols, 2010), further stating his point that we must work together to stop our freedom of speech from being taken away from us in this medium.

Nichols, J. (2010, December 1). FCC Chair Genachowski's Fake 'Net Neutrality' Scheme Threatens Internet Freedom, Digital Democracy. Retrieved January 7, 2015,

Link to original blog: http://www.thenation.com/blog/156766/america-needs-real-net-neutrality-not-false-promise-compromising-fcc-chair#