Could the ‘Net be Monopolized? Scientist Talks | Stanford

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Telephones are under the control of monopolies. Could the Internet be next?

Author and scientist Tim Wu—one of the brains behind the Net Neutrality theory—talks about how, with all our media now traveling a single network, an unprecedented potential is building for centralized control over what Americans see and hear. Could the Internet—the entire flow of American information—come to be ruled by one corporate leviathan in possession of “the master switch”?

About the Author: Tim Wu

Policy advocate and author of The Master Switch. He is a professor at Columbia Law School, the chairman of media reform organization Free Press. Wu was recognized in 2006 as one of 50 leaders in science and technology by Scientific American magazine, and in 2007 Wu was listed as one of Harvard’s 100 most influential graduates by 02138 magazine.

Wu has written for the New Yorker, the Washington Post, Forbes, Slate magazine, and others. He can sometimes be found at Waterfront Bicycles, and he once worked at Hoo’s Dumplings.

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