Without the ability to criticize unjust laws in powerful symbolic ways, we can't change them. And the point of a democracy is that people should be able to convince other people to change a law. Marvin Ammori abilitychangeconvince Change image and share on social
Anyone unhappy with Google can use other search engines - including DuckDuckGo and Blekko, along with Bing or Yahoo. Marvin Ammori bingblekkoduckduckgo Change image and share on social
Competitors argue that Google rigs its search algorithms to demote listings for competing search engines. Many of the allegations of demotion come generally from sites of pretty questionable quality, such as Nextag and Foundem. Some of Google's primary competitors in 'specialized search' clearly place well in search results - Amazon and Yelp. Marvin Ammori algorithmallegationamazon share on social
Congress created a safe harbor for defamation in 1996 and for copyright in 1998. Both safe harbors were designed to ensure that the Internet would remain a participatory medium of speech. Marvin Ammori congresscopyrightcreate Change image and share on social
Before the Internet, we were in a different sort of dark age. We had to wait to hear news on TV at night or in print the next day. We had to go to record stores to find new music. Cocktail party debates couldn't be settled on the spot. Marvin Ammori agecocktaildark share on social
In the post-industrial economy, ideas and great minds often provide far greater return on investment than any other resources or capital investments. Marvin Ammori capitaleconomygreat Change image and share on social
Under the 1998 Digital Millennium Copyright Act, Tumblr, YouTube, Reddit, WordPress, and Facebook aren't responsible for the copyright infringement of each of their millions of users, so long as they take down specific posts, videos, or images when notified by copyright holders. But copyright holders thought that wasn't good enough. Marvin Ammori actcopyrightdigital share on social
Any 'network neutrality' rule should be designed to forbid phone or cable companies from controlling the Internet. Marvin Ammori cablecompanycontrol Change image and share on social
Data can generally travel the speed of light unless networks are congested. When there's congestion, usually the cheapest and best thing is simply to add capacity generally, not to prioritize certain sites over others. Marvin Ammori addcapacitycheap share on social
The FCC sided with the public and adopted extremely strong net neutrality rules that should be a global model for Internet freedom. Marvin Ammori adoptextremelyfcc Change image and share on social