Political Activists Scramble For Access to the Censored Net: Nabil Hassein

Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford

10 Jan 2018

Political activists are scrambling to find ways to reverse the Federal Communications Commission’s decision to do away with Internet neutrality. Black Agenda Radio producer Kyle Fraser spoke with Nabil Hassein, a technical worker and organizer with the Movement for Black Lives, in New York City. Hassein points out that big corporations already dominated the internet, even before the FCC

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