RSN: Saving Net Neutrality, One House at a Time



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FOCUS: Saving Net Neutrality, One House at a Time 
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Mark Howell, The Washington Post
Howell writes: "If the Facebook privacy debacle has shown one thing, it's that technology companies have become immensely powerful and seemingly accountable to no one. Recent federal rollbacks of net neutrality and online privacy protections have put Americans in an even weaker position when dealing with Internet service providers."
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