Hey, Washington: Keep your hands off the internet

Everyone these days – on both sides of the political spectrum – seems to want the feds to regulate internet access, prices and online content. They want the Federal Communications Commission to be the referee in terms of who gets connected to the internet and what can and can’t be said.

But three recent events highlight why this is a dangerous idea, and why an internet free of government regulation and policing is the best policy.

The first event was the recent 6th Circuit Court...