How lobbyists killed net neutrality
Channel: RepresentUs
Date: 2014-01-16

Meet Josh Silver, Director of Represent.Us and former internet and media reform advocate. He spent years working on Net Neutrality as president of FreePress. Take action at https://represent.us/action/how-lobbyists-killed-net-neutrality/

In fact, the reason Josh left the media reform world is because he got sick of seeing his efforts thwarted by an openly corrupt political system. That corruption just struck again. This time, it came in the form of a devastating ruling on net neutrality. But as Josh explains, that ruling was made possible by a chain of events set in motion years before. The message here is clear: If we want a free and open internet, we need to deal with the corruption that is money in politics first.


All campaign contribution and lobbying data referenced in this story comes courtesy of the Center for Responsive Politics. 

Written and performed by Josh Silver
Edited by Mansur Gidfar