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Greg Walden: “If this power grab is successful, I am concerned that the next Arab Spring will instead become a Russia Winter where…”

On the recordMay 30, 2012
If this power grab is successful, I am concerned that the next Arab Spring will instead become a Russia Winter where free speech is chilled, not encouraged, and the Internet becomes a wasteland of unfilled hopes, dreams, and opportunities.
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Greg Walden
Republican · Oregon

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Walden warns against international regulation of the Internet threatening free speech.

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