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And the internet goes to the highest bidder?

I'm Barbara Bogave sitting in for Warren Only, and this is To the Point from Public Radio International,

a daily look at the issues Americans care about most.

The FCC is proposing new rules that would create a two-tiered system for the Internet, a faster tier for telecom giants who pay top dollar, and a slower one for the little guys.

Is the agency giving control over our access to information to corporate interests?

Or might new regulations create a more competitive market and better service for consumers?

Whatever happened to President Obama's promise of a free and open Internet?

We'll hear about pay-to-play broadband and how it might affect innovation and free speech.

Also, on today's talking point, Nigeria's Lost Girls.

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We're back with To the Point, Barbara Bogave in for Warren only.

Just ahead, federal regulators are unveiling a plan that

would create fast and slow lanes for content on the Internet. How would a pay-to-play broadband

system affect innovation, consumers, and the philosophy that everyone has a right to equal

access to the flow of information on the web? And on today's talking point, Nigeria's stolen girls. Two weeks ago,

Islamic militants known as Boko Haram kidnapped more than 200 young women from a school. As of yet,

the government hasn't rescued them. It's just one in a series of similar attacks on secular institutions

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