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    "title": "Declaration of Internet Freedom",
    "author": "pmjones",
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    "html": "<blockquote>\n<p>We believe freedom to be an essential condition of human flourishing and technological progress. We see the Internet (and digital services\u00c2\u00a0in general) as the vehicle for the greatest expansion of freedom in human history to date. Yet we recognize that the \u00e2\u0080\u009cInternet\u00e2\u0080\u009d of tomorrow may look nothing like the Internet of today. No one can plan the Internet\u00e2\u0080\u0099s evolution. The best policymakers can do is to respect the following core principles of \u00e2\u0080\u009cInternet Freedom\u00e2\u0080\u009d:</p>\n<p><strong>Humility.</strong> First, do no harm. ...</p>\n<p><strong>Rule of Law.</strong> When you must intervene, start small. Regulation and legislation are broad, inflexible, and prone to capture by incumbent firms and entrenched interests. ...</p>\n<p><strong>Free Expression.</strong> Don\u00e2\u0080\u0099t stifle the free flow of information, compel speech, or hold intermediaries (e.g., ISPs, social networks)\u00c2\u00a0responsible for the speech they carry. ...</p>\n<p><strong>Innovation.</strong> Protect the freedom to innovate and create without government\u00e2\u0080\u0099s permission, provided others\u00e2\u0080\u0099 rights are respected. Don\u00e2\u0080\u0099t block -- or mandate -- new technologies. Don\u00e2\u0080\u0099t punish innovators for their users\u00e2\u0080\u0099 actions.</p>\n<p><strong>Broadband.</strong> Government is the greatest obstacle to the emergence of fast and affordable broadband networks. Rather than subsidizing yesterday\u00e2\u0080\u0099s networks, free the market to build tomorrow\u00e2\u0080\u0099s. End central planning of spectrum and legal barriers to competition.</p>\n<p><strong>Openness.</strong> Open systems and networks aren\u00e2\u0080\u0099t always better for consumers. \u00e2\u0080\u009cClosed\u00e2\u0080\u009d systems like the iPhone should be free to compete with more open systems, like Android.  ...</p>\n<p><strong>Competition.</strong> Antitrust is regulation. ...</p>\n<p>Privacy. Don\u00e2\u0080\u0099t coerce private companies to disclose consumers\u00e2\u0080\u0099 data. ...</p>\n</blockquote>\n<p>via <em><a href=\"http://declarationofinternetfreedom.org/\">Declaration of Internet Freedom</a></em>.</p>\n"
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