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SHOWDOWN AT THE FCC! Net Neutral-i-kitty VS Cable Boss
In January, as our fight for a free and open Internet strengthened, we decided to utilize one of the Internet’s most powerful figures in our demonstrations: cats! One estimate states that about 15% of content passed through the Internet is about cats, making them the perfect representative for the battle for freedom to connect. In early January, Free Press and members of Save The Internet held a rally outside the FCC offices featuring over 400 cats – including many plushies donated by our members!
Still, despite a paw-some rally, we still had to move fur-ward to purr-sue our goal: the right to com-mew-nicate. So to show our purr-sistence, on January 29th, we went again to the FCC building and held a match to end all matches.
On one side was Net Neutral-i-kitty, representing the millions of Internet users who had spoken out for Net Neutrality over the past year. On the other side was Cable Boss, hailing from the self-serving nation of Comcast.
The fight between Net Neutral-i-kitty and Cable Boss kicked off with a chase up and down the sidewalk outside the FCC. Free Press President Craig Aaron provided a play-by-play for observers while Field Director Mary Alice Crim refereed the fight.
The Internet’s creative chaos and marvelous mayhem powered Net Neutral-i-kitty. The frisky feline ran circles around Cable Boss while Cable Boss showered the referee with cash to try to stack the odds in his favor. Against his expectations, the referee called him out and penalized him for it. When Net Neutral-i-kitty entangled Cable Boss in yards of yarn and piles of cat toys, the struggle was over. Net Neutral-i-kitty emerged triumphant amid cheers of “Whose Net? Our Net!”
Thankfully for netizens across America, like these rounds in the ring, the fight for Net Neutrality and against the Comcast-TWC merger ended with a victory for the people!
You can read the full post about this fur-ociously hiss-terical tail (cat puns are over now, promise) on the official Free Press blog.
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