Public Knowledge Pleased With Senate Vote on Stimulus Bill

Public Knowledge Pleased With Senate Vote on Stimulus Bill

Public Knowledge Pleased With Senate Vote on Stimulus Bill

The following statement is attributed to Gigi B. Sohn, president and co-founder of Public Knowledge:

“We are pleased that the Senate passed the stimulus legislation with a mandate for open networks intact. We trust that the negotiations and conference on the bill to follow will maintain the commitment to a vibrant and open telecommunications system. We also trust that the congressional negotiators will maintain the integrity of the legislation and not burden it with harmful, irrelevant, unworkable and special-interest provisions, such as having all Internet users’ traffic filtered at Hollywood’s bidding.”