What the Election Means for the Internet

[Commentary] After nearly two years of debates, never-ending commercials, donation solicitations and ever-present polling, Election Day is over and the results are in. As many had predicted, the balance of government has not changed significantly. Democrats will retain the Presidency and control of the Senate, and Republicans will continue to control the House, albeit by a slightly smaller margin than before. What do these results portend for the issues on which Public Knowledge and its public interest allies work? It’s always hard to tell.

Based on what we are hearing, these are some of the technology policy issues on which we work that we believe will get traction in 2013-14.

• Copyright Reform
• The Future of Video
• Open Internet/FCC Authority