Fight corporate facism and internet censorship

From The Free Press Action Fund:

A couple of months ago we told you about the Trans-Pacific Partnership, a hush-hush trade pact that threatens millions of Internet users’ rights to connect and communicate.

The TPP is on a fast track to getting U.S. approval without any public review or input. It would let corporations monitor our online activities, cut off our Internet access, delete content and impose fines.

The Internet is already under siege thanks to a federal court’s recent decision to gut the Net Neutrality protections. The Free Press Action Fund is fighting to win back the Internet on that front — and today we’re joining with our friends at OpenMedia to stop the TPP.

The TPP caters to corporate interests that don’t care about our digital rights. Consider the section on intellectual property, which allows the kinds of online speech restrictions that many of you protested when they appeared in the Stop Online Piracy Act.

Hollywood lobbyist Chris Dodd tried to ram SOPA through, and he’s using the same strong-arm tactics with the TPP. He offered the usual corporate spin following Tuesday’s State of the Union speech, claiming the TPP would “bolster investment, encourage economic development, and create jobs around the world.”

He forgot to mention how the TPP would restrict online speech, undermine our privacy rights and limit innovation.

We Stopped SOPA. Let’s Stop the TPP.

Former U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk has admitted that if the public knew about the TPP, there’s no way it would pass.

Join our friends at OpenMedia and tell Congress and the White House to reject the TPP.

Thanks for all that you do,

Josh, Lindsy and the rest of the Free Press Action Fund team

To sign the petition

freepress.net