So i was searching new york times for an article on Democracy and the Internet when i came across this fascinating article written back in May. The article had mentioned that ISPs want to start charging users to get on certain websites to get there information. Now this may not be a problem for people raking in 6 figures however what about the middle class and lower class? Imagine if i had to pay to have a blogger account i may not have been able to complete this blog assignment for my teacher. Also if everybody had to pay to read articles on new york times i wouldn't have even read the article so i wouldn't have known why somebody was charging me to expand my thirst for knowledge. I think if companies started charging to access websites it wouldn't be a fair democracy anymore because the sources available wouldn't be equal. But thankfully the "Net Neutrality" bill will be making this discrimination illegal. But i wonder how fast it will take corporations to find a way around this? So lets hope congress gets this bill passed fast...
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