Ebay Net brutality

Meg Whitman hit the blast email button at ebay the other day and unleashed a potent political first. The internet auctioneer’s boss instantly urged millions of the site’s users to weigh in on a political debate raging in Washington over the issue of so-called ‘Net Neutrality. ‘ While Silicon Valley heavyweights and the telecoms giants pay dueling teams of lobbyists to make their respective cases to legislators, Whitman’s populist approach effectively bypassed the Beltway. Millions of emails tra...