Al Franken Quotes About Internet

Quotes about: Internet

• When I first started writing for television in the seventies and eighties, the Internet didn't exist, and we didn't need to worry about foreign websites illegally distributing the latest TV shows and blockbuster movies online.

  Al Franken

  Writing, Tv Shows, Worry

  Senate hearing on COICA, arstechnica.com. February 16, 2011.

• Let's keep the Internet weird. Let's keep the Internet free.

  Al Franken

  Internet

  "Al Franken seeks Net neutrality support at SXSW". Speech, www.cnet.com. March 15, 2011.

• Net neutrality has been in place since the very beginning of the Internet.

  Al Franken

  Neutrality, Net Neutrality, Internet

  "Net Neutrality Is Under Attack... Again" by Al Franken, www.huffingtonpost.com. November 8, 2011.

• Net neutrality isn't a government takeover of the Internet, as many of my Republican colleagues have alleged.

  Al Franken

  Government, Neutrality, Republican

  "Net Neutrality Is Under Attack... Again" by Al Franken, www.huffingtonpost.com. November 8, 2011.

• The nature of the Internet and the importance of net neutrality is that innovation can come from everyone.

  Al Franken

  Innovation, Neutrality, Internet

  "Defining Internet 'Freedom': Ars Interviews Senator Al Franken" by Nate Anderson, www.wired.com. March 01, 2011.

• Armed with nothing more than a Facebook user's phone number and home address, anyone with an Internet connection and a few dollars can obtain personal information they should never have access to, including a user's date of birth, e-mail address, or estimated income.

  Al Franken

  Home, Numbers, Phones

• As a source of innovation, an engine of our economy, and a forum for our political discourse, the Internet can only work if it's a truly level playing field. Small businesses should have the same ability to reach customers as powerful corporations. A blogger should have the same ability to find an audience as a media conglomerate.

  Al Franken

  Powerful, Media, Should Have

  "The Most Important Free Speech Issue of Our Time". www.huffingtonpost.com. December 20, 2010.

• I think the Internet has developed at this incredibly rapid pace because of net neutrality, because of the free nature of it, because a YouTube can start the way YouTube started.

  Al Franken

  Thinking, Neutrality, Pace

  "Defining Internet "freedom": Ars interviews Senator Al Franken". Interview with Nate Anderson, arstechnica.com. March 1, 2011.

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