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[ NNSquad ] Ad Blocking vs. ISPs ("The French Connection")
Ad Blocking vs. ISPs ("The French Connection")
http://j.mp/Wm03Au (New York Times)
"Mr. Niel's telecommunications company, Free, which has an estimated
5.2 million Internet-access users in France, began last week to enable
its customers to block Web advertising. The company is updating users'
software with an ad-blocking feature as the default setting."
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Let me be very clear about this. I have written in the past of the
problematic nature of individuals employing ad blocking (originally in
"Blocking Web Ads -- And Paying the Piper" ( http://bit.ly/8QLzYc
[Lauren's Blog] ), but for an ISP to become involved in ad blocking --
particularly by default -- is as abusive of their role as an Internet
access provider as would be their blocking particular sites or pages
with which they had a political disagreement. It is a direct affront
to the most basic tenets of net neutrality, and should be vigorously
opposed.
--Lauren--
Lauren Weinstein (lauren@vortex.com): http://www.vortex.com/lauren
Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibility: http://www.pfir.org/pfir-info
Founder:
- Network Neutrality Squad: http://www.nnsquad.org
- PRIVACY Forum: http://www.vortex.com/privacy-info
- Data Wisdom Explorers League: http://www.dwel.org
- Global Coalition for Transparent Internet Performance: http://www.gctip.org
Member: ACM Committee on Computers and Public Policy
Lauren's Blog: http://lauren.vortex.com
Google+: http://vortex.com/g+lauren / Twitter: http://vortex.com/t-lauren
Tel: +1 (818) 225-2800 / Skype: vortex.com
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