Free the Web -- From the FCC!

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[Commentary] There are a few holy articles among the Web faithful: The Internet is the most liberating force in generations, freeing people to use and share information however they like; the digital world has grown through innovation and risk-taking by entrepreneurs and companies; and government's role is to get out of the way and stay out. We have happily sung from this hymnal for years, but the gospel is breaking down on the issue of government involvement. Many Internet activists now want the federal government to regulate the Web. They do so in the hope of maintaining the open Web. But they should be careful what they wish for, lest they instead get micromanagement, tariffs and a Web clogged by politics. Government's role on the Web is to ensure more competition and more consumer choice, not less competition and diminished consumer choice by turning the Web into a regulated industry. The Internet has become one of the most powerful innovations of our time, in part because it hasn't been burdened by government intervention. Those of us who want to keep the Web free should remember that the best way to keep an industry free is simply to keep it free.


Free the Web -- From the FCC!