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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><u><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">December 2017 Tuesday Topic: Net Neutrality and Intellectual Freedom<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Welcome to Tuesday Topics, a monthly series covering topics with intellectual freedom implications for libraries of all types. Each message is prepared by a member of OLA's
Intellectual Freedom Committee or a guest writer. Questions can be directed to the author of the topic or to one of the
</span><a href="mailto:ifc.chair@olaweb.org"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">co-chairs of the IFC.</span></a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">You have probably heard the term “Net Neutrality” over the past few years, and now it’s in the news again. We’re hearing that “net neutrality is in jeopardy.” But what does that
mean, and how does it relate to intellectual freedom?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) enacted regulations in 2015 called the Open Internet Order that treat broadband internet access as a utility, subjecting it to
common carrier provisions that prevent internet providers from discriminating against how broadband is used. This means, for example, that a provider like Comcast can’t artificially cause some content to load more slowly or block it entirely in favor of content
from its affiliates. Now, FCC chair Ajit Pai has stated that the FCC intends to eliminate these regulations<a style="mso-footnote-id:ftn1" href="#_ftn1" name="_ftnref1" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">[1]</span></span></span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Concerns about the loss of net neutrality are not without solid backing: in 2008, Comcast was sanctioned by the FCC for blocking access to the file sharing site BitTorrent<a style="mso-footnote-id:ftn2" href="#_ftn2" name="_ftnref2" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">[2]</span></span></span></a>.
Opponents of Pai’s intentions fear that the loss of the Open Internet Order could mean that access to smaller media outlets unaffiliated with major corporations, as well as information freely provided by public and academic libraries online, could be relegated
to the “slow lane” or blocked altogether based on content or inability to pay the premium for distribution.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The FCC is expected to vote on the proposed deregulation on December 14, 2017.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">What can librarians do?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><a href="https://www.usa.gov/elected-officials"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Contact your elected representatives</span></b></a><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">.
</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> Pressure from Congress and the Senate could persuade the FCC to pause the vote. Should the regulations pass, the legislature could also use the
</span><a href="https://www.senate.gov/CRSpubs/316e2dc1-fc69-43cc-979a-dfc24d784c08.pdf"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Congressional Review Act</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">
to reject the policy. In the long term, Congress could create legislation that codifies net neutrality protections into law. Rep. Kurt Schrader (D-OR) has made it clear that he is a proponent of this legislation.<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Write a letter to the editor</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">. Make clear the potential
impacts on access to information and intellectual freedom.<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">For More Information<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">ALA District Dispatch on Net Neutrality:
</span><a href="http://www.districtdispatch.org/2017/11/net-neutrality-protections-eliminated-draft-fcc-order/"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">http://www.districtdispatch.org/2017/11/net-neutrality-protections-eliminated-draft-fcc-order/</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Business Insider, “Net Neutrality for Dummies.”
</span><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/net-neutralityfor-dummies-and-how-it-effects-you-2014-1"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">http://www.businessinsider.com/net-neutralityfor-dummies-and-how-it-effects-you-2014-1</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">American Library Association net neutrality page:
</span><a href="http://www.ala.org/advocacy/telecom/netneutrality"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">http://www.ala.org/advocacy/telecom/netneutrality</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Kirsten Brodbeck-Kenney, IFC board member<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoFootnoteText"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">[1]</span></span></span> https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/21/technology/fcc-net-neutrality.html<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">[1]</span></span></span> https://www.cnet.com/news/fcc-formally-rules-comcasts-throttling-of-bittorrent-was-illegal/<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Kirsten Brodbeck-Kenney, MLIS<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Library Director<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Driftwood Public Library<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">801 SW Highway 101 #201<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Lincoln City, OR 97367<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Phone: 541-996-1251<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">kbrodbeck-kenney@lincolncity.org<o:p></o:p></p>
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