Saving the Internet at NCMR
Submitted by MegTady on May 8, 2008 - 1:05pm.
It seems like every week, another cable or phone company is caught blocking or interfering with online content. The FCC is holding public hearings on the future of the Internet, and Congress is batting around Net Neutrality like it’s a tetherball.
One thing is for certain: our open Internet is at risk, and we need to arm ourselves for the battle ahead when Internet service providers and opponents step up their game to dismantle Network Neutrality.
That’s why we need you in Minneapolis on June 6 – 8 so we can strategize and learn more about what’s at risk if would-be gatekeepers like Comcast and AT&T have their way. You can join the Media Alliance’s Eloise-Rose Lee, Free Press’ Tim Karr, and Columbia Law School professor Tim Wu at a session called “Future of the Internet: Open, Neutral, Mobile and Ubiquitous.”
Unlike traditional forms of media which require huge start-up capital, the Internet lets anyone become the media -- and good thing. As the mainstream media shirks its duty as watchdog, blogs and independent media sites have stepped in to cover what the mainstreamers won’t touch. Learn more about the importance of an open and accessible Internet at the “New Media and Investigative Journalism” session with Firedoglake’s Marcy Wheeler.
Along with disseminating news, the Internet is a tool for social organizing, and it’s revolutionized the way people work for social change and communicate with each other. No one knows this better than Craig Newmark, founder of Craigslist.org, who will be presenting at a session called “Organizing for Change on the Social Web.”
Finally, you can delve into the future of the blogosphere in Netroots: What’s Next? – a discussion with leading bloggers and online journalists like Duncan Black (a.k.a. Atrios), Baratunde Thurston of Jack and Jill Politics, Cenk Uygur of the Young Turks, Robin Marty of Minnesota Monitor and Gina Cooper of Netroots Nation.
The sessions don’t stop there -- that’s just a taste of what’s to come in a weekend packed with people sharing ideas on how we can save the Internet, and take back our media.
One thing is for certain: our open Internet is at risk, and we need to arm ourselves for the battle ahead when Internet service providers and opponents step up their game to dismantle Network Neutrality.
That’s why we need you in Minneapolis on June 6 – 8 so we can strategize and learn more about what’s at risk if would-be gatekeepers like Comcast and AT&T have their way. You can join the Media Alliance’s Eloise-Rose Lee, Free Press’ Tim Karr, and Columbia Law School professor Tim Wu at a session called “Future of the Internet: Open, Neutral, Mobile and Ubiquitous.”
Unlike traditional forms of media which require huge start-up capital, the Internet lets anyone become the media -- and good thing. As the mainstream media shirks its duty as watchdog, blogs and independent media sites have stepped in to cover what the mainstreamers won’t touch. Learn more about the importance of an open and accessible Internet at the “New Media and Investigative Journalism” session with Firedoglake’s Marcy Wheeler.
Along with disseminating news, the Internet is a tool for social organizing, and it’s revolutionized the way people work for social change and communicate with each other. No one knows this better than Craig Newmark, founder of Craigslist.org, who will be presenting at a session called “Organizing for Change on the Social Web.”
Finally, you can delve into the future of the blogosphere in Netroots: What’s Next? – a discussion with leading bloggers and online journalists like Duncan Black (a.k.a. Atrios), Baratunde Thurston of Jack and Jill Politics, Cenk Uygur of the Young Turks, Robin Marty of Minnesota Monitor and Gina Cooper of Netroots Nation.
The sessions don’t stop there -- that’s just a taste of what’s to come in a weekend packed with people sharing ideas on how we can save the Internet, and take back our media.
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