Stanford CIS

FCC head: Hero or puppet?

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"The decision came under quick fire from Web activists and, soon after, by 150 Internet companies including giants like Google and Netflix, who sent a letter warning that it represented a “grave threat to the Internet.”

The letter made it clear that Web companies had a stake in the fight and “totally shifted the way people in D.C. thought about it,” said Marvin Ammori, a tech policy lawyer who helped to rally startups around the push. "