[Taxacom] politics and the Web: sign the net neutrality

[Donat Agosti]

Though politics should not invade this list serve, I feel that the current trend to remove net neutrality is jeopardizing our efforts to make use of the Internet, where we increasingly want to share our data and make them available to the widest audience possible. A lot of data that is being digitized right now through massive efforts by BHL or iDigBio.

For that reason, I think it might be a good idea - or better an imperative - that those who can raise their voice in the US, might want to sign this petition to the US White House that we want to maintain net neutrality.

Unfortunately, the rest of the world has little to say about this development, so we depend on our US colleagues..

Donat

https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/maintain-true-net-neutrality-protect-freedom-information-united-states/9sxxdBgy

We petition the obama administration to:
Maintain true net neutrality to protect the freedom of information in the United States.
True net neutrality means the free exchange of information between people and organizations. Information is key to a society's well being. One of the most effective tactics of an invading military is to inhibit the flow of information in a population; this includes which information is shared and by who. Today we see this war being waged on American citizens. Recently the FCC has moved to redefine "net neutrality" to mean that corporations and organizations can pay to have their information heard, or worse, the message of their competitors silenced. We as a nation must settle for nothing less than complete neutrality in our communication channels. This is not a request, but a demand by the citizens of this nation. No bandwidth modifications of information based on content or its source.