What Public Libraries Will Lose Without Net Neutrality
In an interview posted today on The Verge, NYPL president Tony Marx and associate director of information policy Greg Cram lay out the impact of today’s vote on net neutrality.
“We live in a world where access to information is essential for opportunity, for learning, for success, for civic life, for checking facts. Anything that reduces that, particularly for people who can’t afford alternatives, is a body blow to the basic democratic principles that the library stands for.” - Tony Marx
Check out the interview here, and read an open letter on net neutrality from all three NYC Library presidents here.
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