July 30 (11-12 pm) Mountain
"There is one Internet. It must be fast, robust and it
must be open. The prospect of a gate keeper choosing winners and losers on the
Internet is unacceptable...." – FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler. The
addresses what, until now, has been a given - that with an Internet connection,
anyone has access to all information available via an Internet Service
Provider. That changed in January 2014 when a major court decision stripped the
FCC of its power to enforce network neutrality protections, providing an
opening for telecom companies to begin exploiting technologies by monitoring
and controlling data sent via their networks. In this webinar co-coordinated
with the GLA Governmental Relations Committee, Emily Almond, Director of
Information Technology for the Georgia Public Library Service, will explore the
implications of the current state of net neutrality.
For more information and to register for this program,
visit: http://gla.georgialibraries.org/mediawiki/index.php/Carterette_Series_Webinars
