The war for the free and open internet and how we are losing it - Sue Gardner's Blog
suegardner.org/2013/06/26/the-war-for-the-free-and-open-internet-and-how-we-are-losing-it
From the page
Saved with the link. Notes from 2007 to 2016 are mostly the page's own words, so this is probably an excerpt.
The internet is evolving into a private-sector space that is primarily accountable to corporate shareholders rather than citizens. Its constantly trying to sell you stuff. It does whatever it wants with your personal information. And as it begins to be regulated or to regulate itself, it often happens in a clumsy and harmful way, hurting the internets ability to function for the benefit of the public.