EFF Seeks Computer Scientists, Engineers To Sign Net Neutrality Statement

The Electronic Frontier Foundation has asked computer scientists and network engineers to sign a statement supporting Internet openness and neutrality that the group intends to attach to its amicus brief defending the FCC's net neutrality order against legal challenges. In addition to explaining the technical underpinnings of the Internet, "We want the court to understand that there is a wide consensus among network engineers, protocol developers, and Internet-based service providers that openness and neutrality are key to the proper functioning of the Internet -- and striking down the FCC’s Open Internet Order could put that proper function in danger," the EFF said Monday in a web post.