Library to Host Program on Net Neutrality

Tompkins County Public Library, in celebration of Freedom to Read Week 2014, will host “Net Neutrality:  A 21^st Century Necessity for a Democracy,” a presentation by Tracy Mitrano, September 20 at 2 p.m. in the BorgWarner Community Room.

This free presentation will explore the complexity of net neutrality—the principle that Internet service providers should allow access to all content and applications regardless of source and without favoring or blocking particular products or websites.  It will also provide insight into current Federal Communications Commission legislation outlining regulatory requirements of telecommunications providers of broadband information services. 

The organizer of Cornell University’s Institute for Internet, Culture, Policy and Law (ICPL), Mitrano is a principal in the consulting firm Mitrano and Associates, LLC.  The former director of information technology policy at Cornell University, Mitrano has been a frequent speaker at conferences, colleges, and universities on the subjects of "virtual global universities" and the creation of international inter-institutional courses; online education; digital literacy and undergraduate Internet competencies; social networking; electronic surveillance; policy development, organizational development, and leadership programming; information management; and privacy, security, compliance, and risk management.  Mitrano is the author of the higher education blog “Law, Policy—and IT?” and is currently working for Internet2 on its National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace.

This program is open to an all ages audience.  For more information, contact Carrie Wheeler-Carmenatty at (607) 272-4557 extension 248 or cwheeler@tcpl.org.