Net Neutrality Explained In Animation: Video
Posted by Videodrome on Wednesday, Jan 12, 2011
Trying to explain the net neutrality debate to those that are not already familiar can be a frustrating experience. Thankfully, we now have YouTube videos that can spell these things out for us.
The newest addition to software engineer Shamus Young’s Drawn To Knowledge series boils down the net neutrality debate to it’s basic essentials in an RSA style animation. He explains both sides of the argument, and how both government and corporate control of the network are worse than what we have now.
In a blog post he elaborates on what he finds particularly annoying about this contentious issue.
Both sides are fighting for a free internet, they just disagree on whether corporations or governments are a bigger danger. They’re allies who disagree on methodology, not enemies with opposing goals. This is an important discussion about how the network should work in the future, but that’s pretty hard to tell from the rhetoric.
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