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Telekom: Internet, Back and Forth. Learn to Read and Write!

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“CDU Media Night” – Angela Merkel:

Internet back and forth, I still believe that the ability to read should be preserved. And not reduced to abbreviations in all sorts of electronic messages. I think it helps to have good reading skills, and you can still be a good internet user if you do.

…because audio and video use too many bits? Joking aside:

At the same event: Minister of State for Culture wants to prevent a two-tier internet

Bernd Neumann, Minister of State for Culture and the Media, … advocated net neutrality as a “guarantee of media diversity and equal opportunities for journalism”. The “[throttle] could lead to “massive distortions in competition between content providers”.

… Network operators increasingly provide not only the means of transport, but also content, Neumann said. They are therefore “naturally tempted to give it privileged treatment”.