By Maggie Shiels An industry body representing some of the biggest names in technology has hosted a closed-door meeting to discuss the future of the open internet. Public advocacy groups said such back-room dealings were detrimental. The meeting follows the publication of a controversial plan by Google and Verizon that could allow net providers certain types of internet traffic to be given …
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WEB/TECH: Barry Diller Worries About the ‘Internet Tollbooth’
IAC/InterActive Corp., opened Friday morning’s session at Fortune Brainstorm Tech by warning that the principle of the open Internet was being attacked by the big telecom providers. Diller called for basic protection to ensure that anyone can publish and anyone can access whatever they’d like on the Internet. Diller said he is concerned that these companies want to set up a “tollbooth” on the …