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Google-Verizon Pact: It Gets Worse

So Google and Verizon went public today with their "policy framework" -- better known as the pact to end the Internet as we know it.
News of this deal broke this week, sparking a public outcry that's seen hundreds of thousands of Internet users calling on Google to live up to its "Don't Be Evil" pledge.

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[whatisurdamage]

Most of this is way over my head but it still scares me.

[spinnigold]

Excuse me if this sounds stupid, but is this something that would only affect the US?

[felicitea]

It seems that way from how it's written, but I'm in the UK and we're such suck ups to the US, I doubt that, even should this only affect those in the states, we'd be signing up before long. Plus, it is the world wide web. Even if it only affected them directly, we'd be affected in a secondary manner.
The petition's set up for US citizens though.

[chemchick]

Sigh. This sucks.

[blackjedii]

K so I'll be emailing my congressperson now...

[gambitia]

Verizon, I'm not surprised.

But Google?

[xshotofclarityx]

IKR, come on, guyz, you used to be cool