Facebook and Google, two of the world's biggest and most influential online companies, are duking it out in a very public battle over who should control the Internet.

That war of words continued on Thursday, when Google wrote a rebuttal to responses on its joint policy proposal with Verizon about an open-Internet standard known as "Net neutrality." The rebuttal comes a day after Facebook said it disagreed with the substance of Google and Verizon's pact.

In a 1,133-word blog post -- 361 words longer than the actual proposal -- Google produced a fact sheet to counter what it called "inaccuracies" about its position.

Google maintained that it hadn't "sold out" on Net neutrality, even though it previously supported an opposing position on how wireless networks should be regulated. The company said that "given political realities," legislation on the topic was going nowhere, and it had to come up with a compromise.

Google (GOOG, Fortune 500) also said that it and Verizon (VZ, Fortune 500) are not trying to hijacking the debate on Net neutrality.

"We're not so presumptuous to think that any two businesses could -- or should -- decide the future of this issue," the company said in its blog. "We're simply trying to offer a proposal to help resolve a debate which has largely stagnated after five years."

The Google-Facebook battle began on Monday, when Google and Verizon announced a joint proposal suggesting that the Federal Communications Commission regulate "wired" broadband Internet connections differently than wireless networks and new Internet technologies. The companies argued that it would be improper for the government to apply the same rules on the mobile market as the wireline broadband market, since the wireless market is more competitive and rapidly changing.

That proposal was met with widespread criticism by Net neutrality supporters, who want regulators to legally block service providers like the telecoms from choosing what kinds of online content -- or even which individual content providers -- they will prioritize on their networks for faster delivery.

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