Can the internet be truly neutral?
London, (GUARDIAN NEWS SERVICE) By Andrew Orlowski Net Neutrality is dividing opinion. For some it is a cause worth fighting for, but others claim it’s a red herring that’s impeding progress. In a much celebrated remark, a senior Bush administration aide told journalist Ron Suskind: “When we act, we create our own reality. And while you’re studying that reality, we’ll act again, creating other new realities.” But with the democratisation of publishing, creating new realities is now a game that everyone can play. Conspiracy theorists have used the web to great effect, with a mini-industry insisting the 9/11 attacks were a US plot. Describing the popularity of such fantasy realities, Alexander Cockburn lamented that “outrage burns in many an American breast, but there’s scant outlet for it in the political arena”. Where else to turn but the net? Now questions are being asked of one of the most impassioned net-based campaign of all, Save The Internet. Last year, campaigners in the US trie
