The Cloverfield Monster of the Internet

by Wayne Crews on December 15, 2008 · 2 comments

in Economy, Nanny State, Personal Liberty, Privacy, Regulation, Tech & Telecom

Earlier posts today dealt with the hoo-ha over Net Neutrality. By coincidence, an anonymous colleague put the following old 1996 quote by Sen. James Exon (D-Neb.) in my inbox over the weekend:

The information superhighway is a revolution that in years to come will transcend newspapers, radio, and television as an information source. Therefore, I think this is the time to put some restrictions on it.

Some things never change. Then it was content regulation, now neutrality, and returning soon, behavioral advertising.

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Richard Morrison December 15, 2008 at 10:56 am: Wayne – that was me. It was in my files from my earliest Institute days. Meet the new Congress, same as the old Congress.
Nancyf December 16, 2008 at 3:04 pm: Get the rope…