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DESCRIPTION:Google - Don't Be Evil Rally\n\nGoogle Corporate 
 Headquarters\n\nAmphitheatre Parkway and Charleston Road\n\nMountain View, 
 CA\n\nFriday August 13, 2010  Noon\n\nSince late last week, when Google and 
 Verizon announced their "deal" on network neutrality, a storm has broken 
 out on the Internet, with over 300,000 people signing petitions decrying 
 the corporate negotiation and standing up  for the right of the people to 
 have a say in how their communications system works. Talks between the 
 Federal Communications Commission and industry leaders including AT&T and 
 Skype, collapsed after word of the deal between the two leaked out.\n\nThe 
 agreement, while upholding some basic tenets about transparency from 
 providers on their network practices, creates huge loopholes for the large 
 media corporations ; including an exemption for wireless networks, and the 
 ability to prioritize some content over others.\n\nThese would be major 
 changes from standard operating procedure on the web as we have grown to 
 depend on it - and point towards an Internet future of largely unregulated 
 wireless networks replacing utility-style wireline services. Paid 
 prioritization of content can lead to fast lanes and slow lanes on the 
 Internet - with the public interest largely relegated to a slower and less 
 desirable backroad on the worldwide web.\n\nWe cannot let the Internet go 
 the route of broadcast and cable, industries that also relentlessly fought 
 regulation, and which consistently fail to provide the information we need 
 for a vibrant democracy and a just world.\n\nOn-line advocacy group 
 Moveon.org is calling for a rally tomorrow, Friday August 13th at Google 
 corporate headquarters at 12:00 noon. Google is located in Mountain View at 
 the intersection of Amphitheater Parkway and Charleston Road.\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2010/08/12/18655957.php
SUMMARY:Tell Google How You Really Feel - Protest Net Neutrality Sellout
LOCATION:Google Corporate Headquarters\nAmphitheater Way and Charleston 
 Road\nMountain View CA\n- 11am bus from the SF Main Library
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2010/08/12/18655957.php
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