World Wide Web inventor slams Internet fast lanes: “It’s bribery”

We need rules… If businesses are to move here and start here rather than start in Europe or Brazil or Australia — they’re going to look around and make sure, ‘Oh, does the power stay up?’ And they’ll look for other things. ‘Is the Internet open?’ Will they have to effectively bribe their ISPs to start a new service? That’s what it looks like from the outside. It’s bribery.

— World Wide Web inventor Tim Berners-Lee, making a strong case for robust net neutrality rules (via The Washington Post).