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[FYI] Free Speech Advocates
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- Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2000 18:43:47 +0100
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Daily News
Free Speech Advocates
Decry Mergers
By Robert MacMillan, Newsbytes.
February 24, 2000
The future of Internet users' choices in everything from the
entertainment they consume to the political candidates and viewpoints
they espouse could be in online double jeopardy because of the
pending mergers between AT&T Corp. and MediaOne, and America Online
Inc. and Time Warner Inc., several participants warned in a Center
for Media Education roundtable discussion today.
Speaking at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., the
participants not only warned Internet users about the basic loss of
choice when a handful of media companies control the majority of
broadband Internet services, but they also urged the federal
government to realize that its general failure to regulate these
services in the interests of letting market forces decide actually
contributes to a more restrictive online society.
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