HUGE NEWS: Democrats in Congress have introduced new legislation that would restore Net Neutrality!
Tell Congress: Keep the Internet WEIRD — and SAVE NET NEUTRALITY
On July, 1 more than 1,200 people from all across the U.S. made a trip to their local congressional offices to deliver a message: Don’t mess with the Internet.
They were responding to a sneak attack on Net Neutrality buried deep inside a 158-page funding bill. That bill has to pass in some form just to keep the government running, so it’s urgent that Congress scrap this language from the bill.
We at the Free Press Action Fund — in partnership with our allies at Demand Progress and the Media Action Grassroots Network (big shout out to Generation Justice!) — organized more than 1,000 people across the country to make visits during this week’s congressional recess.
From Alaska to Arkansas, dedicated Net Neutrality supporters stopped by to drop off materials educating their representatives about this threat. We even heard from folks who showed up to find a closed office, but were undeterred and slid the materials under (or even taped them to) the front door.
It’s official: The FCC’s Net Neutrality rules went into effect today.
Read all about it here: http://bit.ly/1C3mW27
Well that was quick … late Monday the first lawsuits against the FCC’s new Net Neutrality rules were filed.
Powerful words on Net Neutrality from Civil Rights icon Rep. John Lewis.
Let’s get ready to rumble!
Net Neutral-i-Kitty and Cable Boss have arrived at the FCC.
The cat fight for the future of the Internet is about to begin! Stay-tuned for more.
What do an environmental group in Ohio, a small military radio program, and a network of rural hospitals in Texas all have in common? They appear on a list of coalition members for a group pressuring the government to abandon net neutrality—rules to prevent broadband providers from creating Internet fast and slow lanes—but claim they did not intend to sign up for any such advocacy.
Read more here.
Needed: Your Comments on the Future of the Internet
Tell the FCC why Net Neutrality is important to you.
The FCC is proposing rules that would kill Net Neutrality.
We can’t let this happen.
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