I was asked to cover a special hearing of the Institute of Museum & Library Services (IMLS) in Washington D.C. on April 17th; which I did and reported in a news posting last week. However, it was interesting that although Tom Wheeler (FCC chair) had a lot to say about the value of libraries, information and neutrality - just a few days later he announced plans to allow for the development of a tiered structure for the future web that will allow those that can pay to get higher-speeds.
An interesting milestone in the history of the web, to say the least.....does this, as many believe, represent the beginnings of the end of true net neutrality? Another ominous event was Vladimir Putin's assertion that the internet is some type of CIA project - inferring that other countries need to assert their own control to wrest it from US-control.
It will be interesting to see how all of this plays out in the days, weeks, and months ahead.
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