We’re not going to go into much detail on this one, since we’re not interested in piling on AT&T or singling them out for anything, but the following article serves as an interesting amendum to last week’s Pearl Jam / net neutrality controversy (Missed it? Check it out here).

According to the Bulldog Reporter:

… Wired.com reported Friday that it had received an email stating that Webcasts from the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival in June had also been edited. Specifically, comments made during the John Butler Trio show when a band member remarked on the government’s lack of response during Hurricane Katrina were deleted, as were comments from the group Flaming Lips about George Bush screwing up.

AT&T originally said that it only edits Blue Room Webcasts for profanity since the site is available to all age groups. But a group calling itself the Future of Music Coalition, counted 20 instances of curse words being used during the Pearl Jam Webcast that were not censored by the content monitor.

“It’s clear AT&T has not made a mistake. They or the companies they’ve hired to monitor Webcasts have engaged in a clear and consistent pattern of silencing free speech,” Jenny Toomey, executive director of the Future of Music Coalition, said in a statement.

“This censorship speaks to the heart of plans by AT&T and other big telecoms to set themselves up as gatekeepers of Internet content,” Toomey continued. “If AT&T can’t be trusted to Webcast the political stage banter of a few rock bands, why would we turn the keys to the Internet over to them? Their promises to not block Internet content now ring hollow.”

The question remains: Is this a troubling development that’s connected to the net neutrality debate? Or is it simply a harmless mistake? Let us know your thoughts below.

Read the entire article here.