It is not television or radio or telephone, but a brand new, robust form of publishing that deserves the same First Amendment protections as print.

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There is concern by us and certainly by many others that this board is subject to capture. There is concern that it's subject to capture by a small group of corporations, to a country, to an advocacy group bent on changing the way the Internet works for its own purposes.

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The Internet is going to be a legislative issue in every Congress from now on.

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Privacy is high on the list of bipartisan bills with support in both houses. There is a chance to do something that is both bipartisan and balanced.

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Medium unlike any that has come before.

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But there is potential serious collateral damage to our Constitution and civil liberties in the attorney general's bill.

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A landmark moment in the cause of establishing and protecting individual privacy rights online.

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There is opportunity for moderation and for deadlock. Deadlock is a disaster because the states are ready to roll, and then companies will have to deal with a crazy patchwork of privacy laws.

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The commercial, free speech, educational potential of the Internet will be stifled, but we still won't have solved the problem of protecting children from pornography.

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