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.

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…