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Net Neutrality Groups Plan Protest at Google HQ

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Several consumer groups are planning a Friday rally in protest of Google's recent net neutrality proposal with Verizon.

The event—organized by MoveOn.org Civic Action, ColorofChange.org, Credo Action, the Progressive Change Campaign Committee and Free Press—is intended to “urge the search-engine giant to live up to its corporate motto: 'Don't Be Evil,'" according to a statement distributed by Free Press.

The rally will start at noon on Friday, Aug. 13 at Google Headquarters, located at Amphitheatre Parkway and Charleston Road in Mountain View, Calif.

The proposal, which Google defended this afternoon, calls for net neutrality principles to be applied to wireline but not wireless services.

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