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During a special YouTube event yesterday, President Obama re-declared his commitment to proposed net neutrality regulations. Via Multichannel News:
“I’m a big believer in net neutrality,” he said. “I campaigned on this. I continue to be a strong supporter of it. My FCC chairman Julius Genachowski has indicated that he shares the view that we’ve got to keep the Internet open, that we don’t want to create a bunch of gateways that prevent somebody who doesn’t have a lot of money but has a good idea from being able to start their next YouTube or their next Google on the Internet.”
The president went on to say that the administration was getting “pushback, obviously, from some of the bigger carries who would like to be able to charge more fees and extract more money from wealthier customers.” Not addressed, however, were the concerns from many of the people against new regulations that imposing net neutrality could hurt private investment in the Internet and further exacerbate the digital divide.