Media Access Project Issues Statement In Support of FCC Commissioner Clyburn's Speech on Network Neutrality
Posted: Friday January 22, 2010
WASHINGTON — Hon. Mignon Clyburn, Commissioner of the Federal Communications Commission, today delivered a timely and important message of support for network neutrality at the Broadband and Social Justice Summit of the Minority Media and Telecommunications Council, held at Howard University. Media Access Project applauds the Commissioner’s comments highlighting the need for open Internet rules to empower communities of color.
“I am pleased and encouraged by Commissioner Clyburn’s strong expression of support for open Internet protections,” said Andrew Jay Schwartzman, President and CEO of Media Access Project. “Her timely and passionate call for rules that preserve the openness of this dynamic, democratizing communications platform could not come at a better time, as the Commission begins reviewing the record in this important proceeding. Commissioner Clyburn understands that transporting old media ownership models to the Internet, and increassing gatekeepers’ control over it, would only diminish its potential for fostering free expression and promoting civil rights.”
Read the full text of the speech here.
Media Access Project is a non-profit, public interest law firm dedicated to promoting the public’s First Amendment right to access a diverse marketplace of ideas in mass media. For over 37 years, MAP has promoted the public interest before the Federal Communications Commission, the Federal Trade Commission, and the U.S. Courts, advocating for an open and diverse telecommunications system that protects the free flow of information, promotes universal and equitable access to communications and technology services, and encourages vibrant public discourse on critical issues facing our society.