Google wants to annul Internet neutrality

The US firms Google and Verizon called in a joint statement on Monday for new regulations to be developed for future applications and mobile Internet access. The left-liberal daily La Repubblica criticises Google's attempt to reduce Internet neutrality: "The company was created in the name of grass-roots democratisation, with the motto 'Don't be evil' and originally with a practically anti-capitalist vision. Much time has passed since then. ... After Google first entered the Internet as, in the words of the Washington Post, an 'Apostle of free access,' the company has had a blatant change of heart and now preaches the exact opposite philosophy. Suddenly, it is considered acceptable to reserve a special 'fast-lane' for mobile telephone access to the Internet, and for access to the entire new generation of professional apps for whoever pays more. ... Now we are waiting to see how much resistance there will be to a pact that would split the Internet into many reserved lanes."

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