Al Franken Quotes

Much of the civil rights work of this century will entail championing digital rights.

Net neutrality is the right thing for our democracy, economy, and global competitiveness. And Americans support an open Internet.

I support a free and open Internet.

The Internet is the most democratic communication platform in history, largely because we've had network neutrality rules that make sure all web traffic is treated equally, and no voices are discriminated against.

Net Neutrality is what makes the Internet so great - and so vital for innovation and creativity.

The next generation of innovators, who need neutrality the most, are not at the bargaining table. They're hard at work in their labs or classrooms, dreaming of the next big thing, and hoping that the Internet is as open to them as it was to the founders of Google.

Let's keep the Internet weird. Let's keep the Internet free.

Senator Wyden continues to be the Senate's truest champion of an open Internet.

The most important thing is, we really want to make sure the American people are able to get to any Web site they'd like to get to.

With Net Neutrality, the level playing field that gave us Google, YouTube and eBay when they were start-ups would suddenly start to tilt in favor of the big, established players.

I want to preserve the free and open Internet - the experience that most users and entrepreneurs have come to expect and enjoy today and that has unleashed impressive innovation, job creation, and investment.

I'm for Internet openness. We're all for Internet openness. If you asked the American people, I think they support it. Internet companies, broadband companies are all in favor of it.

Net neutrality rules ensure an equal playing field on the web for everyone, from the start-up to the tech giant.

A free and open Internet is crucial for innovation and the exchange of information and ideas. It allows grassroots communities to organize and mobilize against injustice across our nation and the globe. It's good for business, consumers, and our entire economy.

The first thing is - and this is very important - I support the unmonitored use of the Internet for everyone. It doesn't matter what country you're in or what you do for a living - everyone should have the right to an unmonitored Internet.

Net neutrality is at the core of what we love about the Internet. Put simply, it allows any individual or business equal access to online services.

We cannot allow internet service providers to restrict the best access or to pick winners and losers in the online marketplace for services and ideas.

Right now it is illegal for a service provider to censor or block a site because they don't like it or to privilege someone who pays them extra money. So it's basically a level playing field. I think it was a great victory. It doesn't solve all the problems of our time, but I think we've gotten a much better place.

The question is not whether we want to keep this open, neutral Internet - we do, or should - but whether government rulemaking can give us the result we want.

The nature of the Internet and the importance of net neutrality is that innovation can come from everyone.

Reclassification is the best way to for us to preserve the Internet as an unfettered tool for communication and the sharing of ideas.

Allowing a handful of broadband carriers to determine what people see and do online would fundamentally undermine the features that have made the Internet such a success, and could permanently compromise the Internet as a platform for the free exchange of information, commerce, and ideas.

Net neutrality is such an important principle for the Web and for the Internet. It's how the Internet's operated for all this time.

Net neutrality has been in place since the very beginning of the Internet.

Without net neutrality protections, the Internet would no longer be a free and open ecosystem for innovation.