AIF Stands Against Obama's Call for Net Neutrality

The Associated Industries of Florida (AIF) came out against President Barack Obamas call for Internet neutrality on Tuesday.

AIF believes the action by President Obama to call on the Federal Communications Commission to aggressively regulate Internet services is not in the best interest of Florida businesses and the economy, said former U.S. Rep. Tom Feeney, the president and CEO of AIF, on Tuesday. While we share the same beliefs in terms of an open and transparent Internet, AIF believes the Internet has flourished with little regulation to date and believes the federal government should not try to micromanage Internet access.

AIF encourages the FCC not to make massive unilateral changes to Internet regulation that would disrupt the free-market benefits, including increasing investments and furthering technological advances, Feeney added.