From Free Press Action Fund:
The Trump administration, the Chairman of the FCC and greedy corporations have banded together to kill the Net Neutrality protections passed by the FCC in 2015. But they’re about to find out what happens when you mess with our internet.
On July 12, people, organizations and companies will be participating in a day of action to save Net Neutrality. Will you join us?
Sign up to participate in the day of action and we’ll give you more details about the things you can do: from changing your profile picture to posting a blog — we have options for everybody!
This is going to be the biggest day in the fight for internet freedom — you won’t want to miss it.
Internet service providers, like Comcast, Verizon and AT&T, are doing all they can to take away your right to an open internet — even while they admit that Title II Net Neutrality rules haven’t harmed online investment or innovation one bit. The truth is, they want to control what we do and say online, and charge us more for full speed internet access. July 12 is the day we fight back.
Join the internet-wide day of action to save Net Neutrality.
Thanks for all you do—
Lucia, Candace, Dutch and the rest of the Free Press team,
freepress.net
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Friday, July 7, 2017
Friday, November 25, 2016
Protect Net Neutrality
From Fight For The Future:
BREAKING: The Washington Post is reporting that the Trump transition team is preparing to “dismantle Net Neutrality.” Will you chip in to help save Net Neutrality?
No matter what you think about the election, one thing is clear: Net Neutrality is in the cross hairs.
Donald Trump has called Net Neutrality an "attack on the internet" and a "top down power grab," even though neither of those things is true.[1] Many members of Congress are already making plans to gut the rules we worked so hard to win.
And now Trump has has put Jeffrey Eisenach, an anti-Net Neutrality crusader funded by Verizon, AT&T, and Clear Channel, in charge of the FCC transition.
That's why The Washington Post is reporting that Trump is on the verge of "all but erasing” Net Neutrality.[2]
But this isn't the first time telecommunications lobbyists thought Net Neutrality was dead--and every time the public backlash has been enormous. Now we need to fight again.
Will you chip in to help save Net Neutrality?
The FCC's Net Neutrality rule is the only thing stopping Comcast, AT&T, and Time Warner from blocking, throttling, and censoring the Internet either for political reasons or for profit.
Trump will definitely have the power to go after Net Neutrality if he wants to. He'll soon pick a new FCC chairman and shortly after will get to replace the swing vote on Net Neutrality at the FCC.
That's why one top industry analyst this week said that under Trump, "Net neutrality has a big target on its back."[3] And Breitbart News, the alt-right news website run by Trump strategic advisor Steve Bannon said last week that "Net Neutrality is dead."[4]
But we heard the same predictions of doom for Net Neutrality when George W. Bush and Barack Obama were in office too. Every time, we used the collective power of the internet to defend freedom of expression and openness online. And we still haven’t been beaten.
When Barack Obama proposed bad policies on Net Neutrality, we stood up to him, and won. Now we'll do the same with with the new president. And all the evidence so far says that under President Trump, Net Neutrality is in deep, deep trouble.
But we've fought too long and too hard to win Net Neutrality to let it all get erased now. Will you chip in to help save it?
Yes, I'll chip in to help save Net Neutrality.
[1] Twitter
[2] The Washington Post
[3] The Denver Post
[4] Breitbart News
BREAKING: The Washington Post is reporting that the Trump transition team is preparing to “dismantle Net Neutrality.” Will you chip in to help save Net Neutrality?
No matter what you think about the election, one thing is clear: Net Neutrality is in the cross hairs.
Donald Trump has called Net Neutrality an "attack on the internet" and a "top down power grab," even though neither of those things is true.[1] Many members of Congress are already making plans to gut the rules we worked so hard to win.
And now Trump has has put Jeffrey Eisenach, an anti-Net Neutrality crusader funded by Verizon, AT&T, and Clear Channel, in charge of the FCC transition.
That's why The Washington Post is reporting that Trump is on the verge of "all but erasing” Net Neutrality.[2]
But this isn't the first time telecommunications lobbyists thought Net Neutrality was dead--and every time the public backlash has been enormous. Now we need to fight again.
Will you chip in to help save Net Neutrality?
The FCC's Net Neutrality rule is the only thing stopping Comcast, AT&T, and Time Warner from blocking, throttling, and censoring the Internet either for political reasons or for profit.
Trump will definitely have the power to go after Net Neutrality if he wants to. He'll soon pick a new FCC chairman and shortly after will get to replace the swing vote on Net Neutrality at the FCC.
That's why one top industry analyst this week said that under Trump, "Net neutrality has a big target on its back."[3] And Breitbart News, the alt-right news website run by Trump strategic advisor Steve Bannon said last week that "Net Neutrality is dead."[4]
But we heard the same predictions of doom for Net Neutrality when George W. Bush and Barack Obama were in office too. Every time, we used the collective power of the internet to defend freedom of expression and openness online. And we still haven’t been beaten.
When Barack Obama proposed bad policies on Net Neutrality, we stood up to him, and won. Now we'll do the same with with the new president. And all the evidence so far says that under President Trump, Net Neutrality is in deep, deep trouble.
But we've fought too long and too hard to win Net Neutrality to let it all get erased now. Will you chip in to help save it?
Yes, I'll chip in to help save Net Neutrality.
[1] Twitter
[2] The Washington Post
[3] The Denver Post
[4] Breitbart News
Tuesday, June 14, 2016
Big IPS's are going to fight court's ruling in favor of Net Neutrality
From Fight For The Future:
The top appeals court in the US just decided in favor of the net neutrality rules we fought so hard to win. Net neutrality is the law of the land and one of the cable industry’s best shots at overturning the rules has come up empty.
Net neutrality, or the open Internet, says that no company can slow down or block websites as a basic first amendment rule of the Internet. Now, the courts just decided that the strongest possible way to protect that rule—the worst-case scenario envisioned by Comcast—is completely and fully legal!
Being told this win was impossible is a sting we can still feel today. But after we worked together to submit a record breaking 4 million comments to the FCC, camped out at their headquarters, called for Title II when we had little political cover, and brought together thousands of companies to take action with us, we got the largest win against entrenched interests this decade.
But this isn’t over. Partisan and heavily-funded attacks have been piling up. Make a monthly donation so we can build the campaigns that reach millions more people and definitively undermine their plans.
Can’t donate right now?
Take action to make sure the FCC doesn't allow new ISP schemes that can undermine net neutrality.
Fight for the Future signed on as intervenors in the USTelecom vs FCC case, so it's especially nice to win this one. This watershed victory reminds us we can break down the status quo and win big if we stay tenacious. (Here's a little refresher on how we won.)
But—surprise!—this fight is not over.
There is still a giant loophole in the net neutrality rules that we need the FCC to fix. If we don’t, net neutrality could be undermined by “sponsored data” programs and the Internet could become less open than if we never won the rules in the first place.
Then there’s Congress. Earlier today, House Speaker Paul Ryan released his legislative blueprint that includes plans to weaken the FCC’s authority to enforce net neutrality.
And last but not least, the broadband industry has already said they are going to take this all the way to the Supreme Court.
Clearly, we need to keep fighting. But we need your help.
Take action to make sure the FCC doesn't create fast lanes by allowing “sponsored data” programs.
Or...
Donate today so we can keep this fight alive until net neutrality is secured for good.
Want to see how this fight was won—we made this timeline of the fight so you can do that!
Thanks for all you have done to make this net neutrality win possible so far!
More information:
1. Wired
2. New York Times
3. Arstechnica
4. Techdirt
The top appeals court in the US just decided in favor of the net neutrality rules we fought so hard to win. Net neutrality is the law of the land and one of the cable industry’s best shots at overturning the rules has come up empty.
Net neutrality, or the open Internet, says that no company can slow down or block websites as a basic first amendment rule of the Internet. Now, the courts just decided that the strongest possible way to protect that rule—the worst-case scenario envisioned by Comcast—is completely and fully legal!
Being told this win was impossible is a sting we can still feel today. But after we worked together to submit a record breaking 4 million comments to the FCC, camped out at their headquarters, called for Title II when we had little political cover, and brought together thousands of companies to take action with us, we got the largest win against entrenched interests this decade.
But this isn’t over. Partisan and heavily-funded attacks have been piling up. Make a monthly donation so we can build the campaigns that reach millions more people and definitively undermine their plans.
Can’t donate right now?
Take action to make sure the FCC doesn't allow new ISP schemes that can undermine net neutrality.
Fight for the Future signed on as intervenors in the USTelecom vs FCC case, so it's especially nice to win this one. This watershed victory reminds us we can break down the status quo and win big if we stay tenacious. (Here's a little refresher on how we won.)
But—surprise!—this fight is not over.
There is still a giant loophole in the net neutrality rules that we need the FCC to fix. If we don’t, net neutrality could be undermined by “sponsored data” programs and the Internet could become less open than if we never won the rules in the first place.
Then there’s Congress. Earlier today, House Speaker Paul Ryan released his legislative blueprint that includes plans to weaken the FCC’s authority to enforce net neutrality.
And last but not least, the broadband industry has already said they are going to take this all the way to the Supreme Court.
Clearly, we need to keep fighting. But we need your help.
Take action to make sure the FCC doesn't create fast lanes by allowing “sponsored data” programs.
Or...
Donate today so we can keep this fight alive until net neutrality is secured for good.
Want to see how this fight was won—we made this timeline of the fight so you can do that!
Thanks for all you have done to make this net neutrality win possible so far!
More information:
1. Wired
2. New York Times
3. Arstechnica
4. Techdirt
Wednesday, June 1, 2016
Big Cable thinks it can break FCC rules by ignoring Net Neutrality
From The Daily Kos and Demand Progress:
Comcast, T-Mobile, Verizon, and AT&T are all acting like they’re above the law.
Each one of them is breaking the Net Neutrality rules the FCC passed last year, daring the FCC to challenge them.
This is the first major test of how the FCC will implement the Net Neutrality rules. We need to make sure the FCC knows we're watching and sets the precedent that violating Net Neutrality has real consequences.
Take action now to protect Net Neutrality. File a complaint with the FCC demanding they enforce the Net Neutrality rules they passed last year and rein in Comcast, Verizon, AT&T, and T-Mobile.
Since we won at the FCC, and since we keep winning in Congress, Comcast and friends have a new strategy: just break the rules.1,2
Here’s how it works:
When we won, the FCC never banned “zero rating”—the practice where Internet providers exempt some sites or services from their own monthly limits (“data caps”). Instead, the FCC said they’d look at zero rating “case by case.”
Meanwhile, data caps are still allowed. And ISPs can dramatically slow down your Internet after you hit the cap. See where this is going?
All ISPs have to do is keep our data caps low, and then exempt some sites from the cap. “Special” sites. The ones that pay them $$$.
In other words, every site that Comcast and AT&T don’t approve of gets thrown in a slow lane. We can’t let this happen. File a complaint to the FCC now!
If you can, please try to personalize your complaint and your Internet provider will have to respond to you and report back to the FCC.
Independent policy experts are telling us that the FCC is making up its mind on this now, and that they’re only hearing from… (guess who?) Comcast, T-Mobile, AT&T, and Verizon.
Submitting takes just a few seconds, and the FCC needs to hear from as many of us as possible!
It’s so important that the FCC hear from all of us Internet users! This takes less than a minute. GO FOR IT!
Thanks for speaking out.
Comcast, T-Mobile, Verizon, and AT&T are all acting like they’re above the law.
Each one of them is breaking the Net Neutrality rules the FCC passed last year, daring the FCC to challenge them.
This is the first major test of how the FCC will implement the Net Neutrality rules. We need to make sure the FCC knows we're watching and sets the precedent that violating Net Neutrality has real consequences.
Take action now to protect Net Neutrality. File a complaint with the FCC demanding they enforce the Net Neutrality rules they passed last year and rein in Comcast, Verizon, AT&T, and T-Mobile.
Since we won at the FCC, and since we keep winning in Congress, Comcast and friends have a new strategy: just break the rules.1,2
Here’s how it works:
When we won, the FCC never banned “zero rating”—the practice where Internet providers exempt some sites or services from their own monthly limits (“data caps”). Instead, the FCC said they’d look at zero rating “case by case.”
Meanwhile, data caps are still allowed. And ISPs can dramatically slow down your Internet after you hit the cap. See where this is going?
All ISPs have to do is keep our data caps low, and then exempt some sites from the cap. “Special” sites. The ones that pay them $$$.
In other words, every site that Comcast and AT&T don’t approve of gets thrown in a slow lane. We can’t let this happen. File a complaint to the FCC now!
If you can, please try to personalize your complaint and your Internet provider will have to respond to you and report back to the FCC.
Independent policy experts are telling us that the FCC is making up its mind on this now, and that they’re only hearing from… (guess who?) Comcast, T-Mobile, AT&T, and Verizon.
Submitting takes just a few seconds, and the FCC needs to hear from as many of us as possible!
It’s so important that the FCC hear from all of us Internet users! This takes less than a minute. GO FOR IT!
Thanks for speaking out.
Friday, May 6, 2016
ISP's use "zero rating" get around Net Neutrality
From Fight For The Future:
The “zero-rating” threat to Net Neutrality and the Open Internet is still very real. I’m writing today because there’s one thing we need everyone to do: file a complaint to the FCC, and demand that they do not make a decision on zero-rating behind closed doors.
First, a recap: Comcast, T-Mobile, AT&T and Verizon have a new way to get around the Open Internet rules we fought for, called zero rating.[1] They're imposing data caps and fees on their customers, and then exempting certain apps and websites (e.g. the ones that they own, or that pay them big $$$) giving those sites a huge unfair advantage––and manipulating what we see and do online.
For example, in Massachusetts, Comcast is now limiting how many shows you can watch on Netflix, but exempting its own crummy Netflix clone, "XFinity Stream TV". And they’re rolling this out nationwide. [2]
Their plan was to sneak this zero-rating scam through the FCC. But we've been working to stop it, and we need your help.
Don't want to give Comcast the power to decide what sites you visit? Click here to file a complaint to the FCC!
Fight for the Future has been working behind the scenes to mobilize net neutrality allies, we've already collected 80,000 complaints, and we're planning a petition delivery outside the FCC.
When we deliver these comments to the FCC, we want to have 100,000 complaints against fast lanes ready to submit. 100,000 is the number that'll be a huge wake-up call to the FCC and the DC press.
Can you submit your complaint right now, to help us hit our goal of 100,000?
Even if you filed a complaint before, it's worth doing again, as we've made some improvements. Now, you can submit complaints against each company individually, which means the FCC can *legally require* that company to respond. This new approach means more pressure on the companies, and (in our view) more influence on the FCC's decision as well.
You don't have to be a customer of these companies to file complaints, but if you are, say so! And the more you can personalize the complaint, in your own words, the better.
File your complaint right now to defend the Open Internet.
What's at stake? Well, here's a breakdown.
1. Comcast is rolling out data caps that punish Netflix and Youtube viewers, while exempting its own jaw-droppingly terrible streaming TV service “Xfinity Stream TV” to force people to watch *that* instead. File a complaint against Comcast.
2. T-Mobile is throttling nearly every website that uses HD video, and forcing small sites to make an expensive technical arrangement with T-Mobile to get their videos working again. File a complaint against T-Mobile.
3. AT&T and Verizon are imposing data caps and charges, and then charging sites to escape them. If this takes off, small sites that can't pay will be put out of business, and big sites will start passing the costs on to you. File a complaint against AT&T and Verizon.
The worst part of all of this is, we’re hearing that the FCC could decide on this soon without consulting anyone except Comcast, AT&T, Verizon & T-Mobile themselves! That’s why we’ve included in each new complaint the demand that the FCC open up an open process, and we’ve added a way to call the FCC and demand this after you take action.
1.Source
2.Source
The “zero-rating” threat to Net Neutrality and the Open Internet is still very real. I’m writing today because there’s one thing we need everyone to do: file a complaint to the FCC, and demand that they do not make a decision on zero-rating behind closed doors.
First, a recap: Comcast, T-Mobile, AT&T and Verizon have a new way to get around the Open Internet rules we fought for, called zero rating.[1] They're imposing data caps and fees on their customers, and then exempting certain apps and websites (e.g. the ones that they own, or that pay them big $$$) giving those sites a huge unfair advantage––and manipulating what we see and do online.
For example, in Massachusetts, Comcast is now limiting how many shows you can watch on Netflix, but exempting its own crummy Netflix clone, "XFinity Stream TV". And they’re rolling this out nationwide. [2]
Their plan was to sneak this zero-rating scam through the FCC. But we've been working to stop it, and we need your help.
Don't want to give Comcast the power to decide what sites you visit? Click here to file a complaint to the FCC!
Fight for the Future has been working behind the scenes to mobilize net neutrality allies, we've already collected 80,000 complaints, and we're planning a petition delivery outside the FCC.
When we deliver these comments to the FCC, we want to have 100,000 complaints against fast lanes ready to submit. 100,000 is the number that'll be a huge wake-up call to the FCC and the DC press.
Can you submit your complaint right now, to help us hit our goal of 100,000?
Even if you filed a complaint before, it's worth doing again, as we've made some improvements. Now, you can submit complaints against each company individually, which means the FCC can *legally require* that company to respond. This new approach means more pressure on the companies, and (in our view) more influence on the FCC's decision as well.
You don't have to be a customer of these companies to file complaints, but if you are, say so! And the more you can personalize the complaint, in your own words, the better.
File your complaint right now to defend the Open Internet.
What's at stake? Well, here's a breakdown.
1. Comcast is rolling out data caps that punish Netflix and Youtube viewers, while exempting its own jaw-droppingly terrible streaming TV service “Xfinity Stream TV” to force people to watch *that* instead. File a complaint against Comcast.
2. T-Mobile is throttling nearly every website that uses HD video, and forcing small sites to make an expensive technical arrangement with T-Mobile to get their videos working again. File a complaint against T-Mobile.
3. AT&T and Verizon are imposing data caps and charges, and then charging sites to escape them. If this takes off, small sites that can't pay will be put out of business, and big sites will start passing the costs on to you. File a complaint against AT&T and Verizon.
The worst part of all of this is, we’re hearing that the FCC could decide on this soon without consulting anyone except Comcast, AT&T, Verizon & T-Mobile themselves! That’s why we’ve included in each new complaint the demand that the FCC open up an open process, and we’ve added a way to call the FCC and demand this after you take action.
1.Source
2.Source
Monday, March 14, 2016
Tell the FCC to enforce Net Neutrality no matter what the ISP's say about it
Fight For The Future:
The FCC is deciding right now whether or not to let Comcast, Verizon, AT&T, and T-Mobile undermine net neutrality with total impunity.
These companies are trying to see if they can break the law in plain sight and get away with it. If they win, it will endanger the open Internet forever. But the FCC won’t act unless they see an overwhelming public response — help us submit 100,000 comments to the FCC in the next week.
Tell the FCC: Zero-Rating schemes violate Net Neutrality and threaten the open Internet. Don't let Comcast, Verizon, AT&T, and T-Mobile get away with breaking the law.
Net neutrality is the basic guiding principle that has made the Internet what it is today. It keeps powerful interests from slowing down or censoring content, and it’s what guarantees us access to the expanse of knowledge that makes the Internet revolutionary.
Last year, the FCC passed the strongest-ever protections for the open Internet, and it happened with such overwhelming public support that companies like Comcast and Verizon can’t publicly oppose net neutrality the way they used to.
Now, Comcast, Verizon, AT&T, and T-Mobile are trying to work around the rules by doing something called Zero-Rating, even though last year’s net neutrality rules already ban it as a discriminatory pricing model.
The problem is the FCC decided to deal with zero rating on a, "case by case basis," which so far has meant that the FCC hasn’t done a thing. [1]
Companies are using the FCC’s slow response to their advantage, hoping to spread enough propaganda about the programs that the FCC won't ban them. The reality is, though, the FCC will only act quickly if enough of us speak out and demand that they do the right thing.
Tell the FCC: protect net neutrality and stop Comcast, Verizon, AT&T, and T-Mobile from undermining the open Internet.
While each company’s Zero-Rating scheme is a little different, they all functionally work the same way. They all claim to offer consumers something for free, when in reality they use arbitrary data caps to gouge customers for more money while striking special deals that let them manipulate the way we all use the Internet.
Internet experts, academics, and free speech advocates agree that these types of practices are harmful to Internet users and undermine our rights. Wired put it pretty succinctly: Net Neutrality is in More Danger than Ever. [2]
The good news is that asking the FCC to stop this is not unprecedented. Not only is Zero-Rating already against the new rules, just last month, India’s telecom regulator banned Zero-Rating schemes based on the danger they pose to free speech and equal access to information.
But that victory in India only came after millions of people spoke out. We need to do the same thing here, and fast.
Tell the FCC: protect the open Internet and ban Zero-Rating. Don’t let Comcast, Verizon, AT&T, and T-Mobile undermine net neutrality.
1.Source
2.Source
The FCC is deciding right now whether or not to let Comcast, Verizon, AT&T, and T-Mobile undermine net neutrality with total impunity.
These companies are trying to see if they can break the law in plain sight and get away with it. If they win, it will endanger the open Internet forever. But the FCC won’t act unless they see an overwhelming public response — help us submit 100,000 comments to the FCC in the next week.
Tell the FCC: Zero-Rating schemes violate Net Neutrality and threaten the open Internet. Don't let Comcast, Verizon, AT&T, and T-Mobile get away with breaking the law.
Net neutrality is the basic guiding principle that has made the Internet what it is today. It keeps powerful interests from slowing down or censoring content, and it’s what guarantees us access to the expanse of knowledge that makes the Internet revolutionary.
Last year, the FCC passed the strongest-ever protections for the open Internet, and it happened with such overwhelming public support that companies like Comcast and Verizon can’t publicly oppose net neutrality the way they used to.
Now, Comcast, Verizon, AT&T, and T-Mobile are trying to work around the rules by doing something called Zero-Rating, even though last year’s net neutrality rules already ban it as a discriminatory pricing model.
The problem is the FCC decided to deal with zero rating on a, "case by case basis," which so far has meant that the FCC hasn’t done a thing. [1]
Companies are using the FCC’s slow response to their advantage, hoping to spread enough propaganda about the programs that the FCC won't ban them. The reality is, though, the FCC will only act quickly if enough of us speak out and demand that they do the right thing.
Tell the FCC: protect net neutrality and stop Comcast, Verizon, AT&T, and T-Mobile from undermining the open Internet.
While each company’s Zero-Rating scheme is a little different, they all functionally work the same way. They all claim to offer consumers something for free, when in reality they use arbitrary data caps to gouge customers for more money while striking special deals that let them manipulate the way we all use the Internet.
Internet experts, academics, and free speech advocates agree that these types of practices are harmful to Internet users and undermine our rights. Wired put it pretty succinctly: Net Neutrality is in More Danger than Ever. [2]
The good news is that asking the FCC to stop this is not unprecedented. Not only is Zero-Rating already against the new rules, just last month, India’s telecom regulator banned Zero-Rating schemes based on the danger they pose to free speech and equal access to information.
But that victory in India only came after millions of people spoke out. We need to do the same thing here, and fast.
Tell the FCC: protect the open Internet and ban Zero-Rating. Don’t let Comcast, Verizon, AT&T, and T-Mobile undermine net neutrality.
1.Source
2.Source
Tuesday, February 16, 2016
Preserve Net Neutrality oppose zero rating
From CREDO:
The Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) Net Neutrality rules are less than a year old, but some companies are already coming up with creative ways to sneak past them.
Some of the same companies that fought Net Neutrality now offer programs that exempt some services, but not others, from monthly caps on their customers’ broadband Internet usage.
These are backdoor attempts to undermine Net Neutrality by giving preference to some sources of content over others. The FCC needs to step in now and put a stop to them.
Tell the Federal Communications Commission: Stop the sneak attack on Net Neutrality. Click here to sign the petition.
Companies like AT&T,1 T-Mobile,2 Verizon3 and Comcast4 have all recently introduced programs that favor some online services over others by exempting them from their customers’ monthly data caps, a practice known as zero-rating. By discriminating against sources of content that aren’t exempted, zero-rating jeopardizes the free and open nature of the Internet.
Zero-rating isn’t just a threat to Net Neutrality in the United States. Just this week, India banned zero-rating after a long battle with Facebook over the company's efforts to provide free access to Facebook.com and a small selection of other websites, which would have severely limited the Internet experience of hundreds of millions of people.5
Zero-rating gives a small number of companies too much power to shape the Internet that is available to users, and it discourages innovation by making it more difficult for smaller players in the market to compete.
The FCC is looking into concerns about zero-rating right now and has requested information from some of the companies employing the practice,6 but it hasn’t yet taken action to stop to zero-rating. It took millions of us speaking out to win Net Neutrality protections. We can’t afford to let corporations use zero-rating to undermine them.
Tell the Federal Communications Commission: Don’t let corporations undermine Net Neutrality. Click here to sign the petition.
1.Source
2.Source
3.Source
4.Source
5.Source
6.Source
The Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) Net Neutrality rules are less than a year old, but some companies are already coming up with creative ways to sneak past them.
Some of the same companies that fought Net Neutrality now offer programs that exempt some services, but not others, from monthly caps on their customers’ broadband Internet usage.
These are backdoor attempts to undermine Net Neutrality by giving preference to some sources of content over others. The FCC needs to step in now and put a stop to them.
Tell the Federal Communications Commission: Stop the sneak attack on Net Neutrality. Click here to sign the petition.
Companies like AT&T,1 T-Mobile,2 Verizon3 and Comcast4 have all recently introduced programs that favor some online services over others by exempting them from their customers’ monthly data caps, a practice known as zero-rating. By discriminating against sources of content that aren’t exempted, zero-rating jeopardizes the free and open nature of the Internet.
Zero-rating isn’t just a threat to Net Neutrality in the United States. Just this week, India banned zero-rating after a long battle with Facebook over the company's efforts to provide free access to Facebook.com and a small selection of other websites, which would have severely limited the Internet experience of hundreds of millions of people.5
Zero-rating gives a small number of companies too much power to shape the Internet that is available to users, and it discourages innovation by making it more difficult for smaller players in the market to compete.
The FCC is looking into concerns about zero-rating right now and has requested information from some of the companies employing the practice,6 but it hasn’t yet taken action to stop to zero-rating. It took millions of us speaking out to win Net Neutrality protections. We can’t afford to let corporations use zero-rating to undermine them.
Tell the Federal Communications Commission: Don’t let corporations undermine Net Neutrality. Click here to sign the petition.
1.Source
2.Source
3.Source
4.Source
5.Source
6.Source
Wednesday, June 24, 2015
ISP's busted slowing down internet connections
Remember back in late May when we told you about the Internet Health Test? The simple test analyzed users’ Internet connections from end to end, and it aimed to determine whether or not Internet service providers might be violating the Federal Communication Commission’s new net neutrality rules by intentionally slowing data connections.
This week, the group behind the Internet Health Test has released the results of a study that analyzed tests performed by more than 300,000 Internet users, and it appears as though the test has served its purpose: Five major ISPs in the United States have been accused of deliberately slowing data from popular websites in dozens of cities across the country.
The Internet Health Test website launched last month is the brainchild of BattlefortheNet.com, a consortium of activist groups that are dedicated to an open and free Internet. The site encourages Internet users to perform a simple test that takes less than one minute, and it analyzes data connections in an effort to determine whether or not ISPs are intentionally slowing data speeds.
According to early findings released in a report this week, the answer is yes, ISPs are indeed slowing connections in many cases.
Time Warner Cable, Verizon and AT&T are among five ISPs named in the report that have been accused of deliberately slowing data traffic from certain Content Delivery Networks (CDNs). Popular web services with heavy traffic pay CDNs to help store and serve their content.
As an example, the study found that Comcast provided median download speeds from one CDN of 21.4Mbps during peak evening hours. During the same time period, AT&T provided median download speeds of 0.2Mbps.
“For too long, internet access providers and their lobbyists have characterized net neutrality protections as a solution in search of a problem,” Tim Karr of Free Press, which is one of the groups behind BattlefortheNet.com, told The Guardian. “Data compiled using the Internet Health Test show us otherwise – that there is widespread and systemic abuse across the network. The irony is that this trove of evidence is becoming public just as many in Congress are trying to strip away the open internet protections that would prevent such bad behavior.”
The group encourages Internet users to continue to utilize the Internet Health Test website, which can be found by following this link.
Source
This week, the group behind the Internet Health Test has released the results of a study that analyzed tests performed by more than 300,000 Internet users, and it appears as though the test has served its purpose: Five major ISPs in the United States have been accused of deliberately slowing data from popular websites in dozens of cities across the country.
The Internet Health Test website launched last month is the brainchild of BattlefortheNet.com, a consortium of activist groups that are dedicated to an open and free Internet. The site encourages Internet users to perform a simple test that takes less than one minute, and it analyzes data connections in an effort to determine whether or not ISPs are intentionally slowing data speeds.
According to early findings released in a report this week, the answer is yes, ISPs are indeed slowing connections in many cases.
Time Warner Cable, Verizon and AT&T are among five ISPs named in the report that have been accused of deliberately slowing data traffic from certain Content Delivery Networks (CDNs). Popular web services with heavy traffic pay CDNs to help store and serve their content.
As an example, the study found that Comcast provided median download speeds from one CDN of 21.4Mbps during peak evening hours. During the same time period, AT&T provided median download speeds of 0.2Mbps.
“For too long, internet access providers and their lobbyists have characterized net neutrality protections as a solution in search of a problem,” Tim Karr of Free Press, which is one of the groups behind BattlefortheNet.com, told The Guardian. “Data compiled using the Internet Health Test show us otherwise – that there is widespread and systemic abuse across the network. The irony is that this trove of evidence is becoming public just as many in Congress are trying to strip away the open internet protections that would prevent such bad behavior.”
The group encourages Internet users to continue to utilize the Internet Health Test website, which can be found by following this link.
Source
Thursday, May 14, 2015
Demand Progress intervenes in support of Net Neutrality in court
From Demand Progress:
We have a huge announcement: We’ve decided to formally intervene in court to support the FCC’s Net Neutrality rule.
Telecom lawyers are making the ludicrous argument that the FCC didn't give sufficient notice before making the decision.1
Since we helped mobilize the more than 3.7 million comments the FCC received, we’re in an ideal position to refute this and other claims. And after so many of you encouraged and supported our efforts to do so, we're going for it.
But intervening in a major lawsuit like this isn’t cheap—and we’re counting on our members to help cover local costs. Will you chip in $5?
Since the FCC announced their historic decision in favor of Net Neutrality, they’ve now been hit with a whopping TEN lawsuits from everyone from AT&T, Verizon, and lobbyists for Comcast.
Their strategy is to bury the FCC in lawsuits in hopes of either winning in court or at least creating enough delays that they can get a new president in office to throw out the whole thing.
And this is no idle threat—the telecommunications industry has had success in the past getting the federal courts to throw out previous Net Neutrality rules. We know the order is built on the strongest legal grounds possible, but if we don't show up and make sure the court understands that, then the rule may be thrown out.
With Comcast and Verizon's armies of lawyers, we could be facing major legal costs ourselves. Will you donate $5 to help Demand Progress defend Net Neutrality in court?
Yes, I'll chip in $5.
1.Source
We have a huge announcement: We’ve decided to formally intervene in court to support the FCC’s Net Neutrality rule.
Telecom lawyers are making the ludicrous argument that the FCC didn't give sufficient notice before making the decision.1
Since we helped mobilize the more than 3.7 million comments the FCC received, we’re in an ideal position to refute this and other claims. And after so many of you encouraged and supported our efforts to do so, we're going for it.
But intervening in a major lawsuit like this isn’t cheap—and we’re counting on our members to help cover local costs. Will you chip in $5?
Since the FCC announced their historic decision in favor of Net Neutrality, they’ve now been hit with a whopping TEN lawsuits from everyone from AT&T, Verizon, and lobbyists for Comcast.
Their strategy is to bury the FCC in lawsuits in hopes of either winning in court or at least creating enough delays that they can get a new president in office to throw out the whole thing.
And this is no idle threat—the telecommunications industry has had success in the past getting the federal courts to throw out previous Net Neutrality rules. We know the order is built on the strongest legal grounds possible, but if we don't show up and make sure the court understands that, then the rule may be thrown out.
With Comcast and Verizon's armies of lawyers, we could be facing major legal costs ourselves. Will you donate $5 to help Demand Progress defend Net Neutrality in court?
Yes, I'll chip in $5.
1.Source
Thursday, May 7, 2015
Big Cable files lawsuits against the FCC
From Demand Progress:
The FCC just got hit with the SEVENTH lawsuit to block its new Net Neutrality rules.1
Lawsuits have been filed by AT&T. Verizon. Comcast's lobbyists. The list goes on. And even more lawsuits could be on the way.
Facing this almost unprecedented avalanche of lawsuits, Demand Progress is thinking about doing something big: formally intervening in the lawsuit in support of Net Neutrality.
We can help the FCC show in court how much public support there is for Net Neutrality, and there are several factors that we are weighing as we make a decision about intervening. But before we can even think about moving forward we need to make sure we have the resources to cover legal costs.
Will you chip in $5 to help Demand Progress defend the FCC's historic Net Neutrality rule?
The FCC received more than 3.7 million public comments on Net Neutrality, with less than 1 percent opposed.2 And yet telecom lawyers are saying that the FCC ignored public input on this decision.3
It’s ludicrous—and as one of the leading groups that helped mobilize the public, we can help show in court how strongly the public supports Net Neutrality.
Comcast and the other big telecommunications companies have virtually unlimited amounts of money to spend on armies of lawyers—and even if they lose, they might be able to keep things tied up in court long enough for a new president or Congress to come along and overturn the decision before it goes into effect.
We’ve come too far to allow Net Neutrality to be overturned by corporate lawyers. Will you chip in to help defend our historic Net Neutrality victory?
Yes, I'll chip in$5 to help defend Net Neutrality.
Thanks.
--Demand Progress
1.Source
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3.Source
The FCC just got hit with the SEVENTH lawsuit to block its new Net Neutrality rules.1
Lawsuits have been filed by AT&T. Verizon. Comcast's lobbyists. The list goes on. And even more lawsuits could be on the way.
Facing this almost unprecedented avalanche of lawsuits, Demand Progress is thinking about doing something big: formally intervening in the lawsuit in support of Net Neutrality.
We can help the FCC show in court how much public support there is for Net Neutrality, and there are several factors that we are weighing as we make a decision about intervening. But before we can even think about moving forward we need to make sure we have the resources to cover legal costs.
Will you chip in $5 to help Demand Progress defend the FCC's historic Net Neutrality rule?
The FCC received more than 3.7 million public comments on Net Neutrality, with less than 1 percent opposed.2 And yet telecom lawyers are saying that the FCC ignored public input on this decision.3
It’s ludicrous—and as one of the leading groups that helped mobilize the public, we can help show in court how strongly the public supports Net Neutrality.
Comcast and the other big telecommunications companies have virtually unlimited amounts of money to spend on armies of lawyers—and even if they lose, they might be able to keep things tied up in court long enough for a new president or Congress to come along and overturn the decision before it goes into effect.
We’ve come too far to allow Net Neutrality to be overturned by corporate lawyers. Will you chip in to help defend our historic Net Neutrality victory?
Yes, I'll chip in$5 to help defend Net Neutrality.
Thanks.
--Demand Progress
1.Source
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Friday, April 10, 2015
Big Cable and ISP's sue FCC over Net Neutrality
From Demand Progress:
BREAKING NEWS: The telecommunications industry just sued the FCC to kill Net Neutrality.1
Just weeks ago, the FCC issued a historic decision preserving Net Neutrality. But two new lawsuits filed by the big cable and Internet Service Providers are trying to overturn the whole thing.
With the amount of money corporations like Verizon and AT&T can spend on lawyers, this is going to be a huge fight. And to win, we need to make sure the public is making our voices heard in support of the FCC.
Will you chip in $5 to help fight back against this lawsuit and save Net Neutrality?
Yes, I'll chip in $5 to help save Net Neutrality.
They've given millions to politicians. They've spent millions more on lobbyists. And now they've hired an army of lawyers to accomplish what they haven't been able to do so far: kill Net Neutrality.
Why are they fighting this so hard? Because they want to give preferential treatment to big corporations and dump the rest of us into an Internet slow lane—all so they can jack up their already sky-high profits.
The scary thing is that they've had success blocking Net Neutrality in the courts before. Previous efforts by the FCC to protect Net Neutrality have been blocked by the cable industry's lawyers.
So it's not enough to let goverment lawyers fight this on their own. We need to make sure the public is speaking out too.
We've come too far to let Net Neutrality get killed by an army of corporate lawyers. Will you chip in $5 to help fight back?
Yes, I'll chip in $5 to save Net Neutrality.
Thanks.
--Demand Progress
1.Source
BREAKING NEWS: The telecommunications industry just sued the FCC to kill Net Neutrality.1
Just weeks ago, the FCC issued a historic decision preserving Net Neutrality. But two new lawsuits filed by the big cable and Internet Service Providers are trying to overturn the whole thing.
With the amount of money corporations like Verizon and AT&T can spend on lawyers, this is going to be a huge fight. And to win, we need to make sure the public is making our voices heard in support of the FCC.
Will you chip in $5 to help fight back against this lawsuit and save Net Neutrality?
Yes, I'll chip in $5 to help save Net Neutrality.
They've given millions to politicians. They've spent millions more on lobbyists. And now they've hired an army of lawyers to accomplish what they haven't been able to do so far: kill Net Neutrality.
Why are they fighting this so hard? Because they want to give preferential treatment to big corporations and dump the rest of us into an Internet slow lane—all so they can jack up their already sky-high profits.
The scary thing is that they've had success blocking Net Neutrality in the courts before. Previous efforts by the FCC to protect Net Neutrality have been blocked by the cable industry's lawyers.
So it's not enough to let goverment lawyers fight this on their own. We need to make sure the public is speaking out too.
We've come too far to let Net Neutrality get killed by an army of corporate lawyers. Will you chip in $5 to help fight back?
Yes, I'll chip in $5 to save Net Neutrality.
Thanks.
--Demand Progress
1.Source
Saturday, March 28, 2015
Big cable is suing the FCC over Title II Net Neutrality
From Demand Progress:
BREAKING NEWS: The telecommunications industry just sued the FCC to kill Net Neutrality.1
Just weeks ago, the FCC issued a historic decision preserving Net Neutrality. But two new lawsuits filed by the big cable and Internet Service Providers are trying to overturn the whole thing.
With the amount of money corporations like Verizon and AT&T can spend on lawyers, this is going to be a huge fight. And to win, we need to make sure the public is making our voices heard in support of the FCC.
Will you chip in $5 to help fight back against this lawsuit and save Net Neutrality?
They've given millions to politicians. They've spent millions more on lobbyists. And now they've hired an army of lawyers to accomplish what they haven't been able to do so far: kill Net Neutrality.
Why are they fighting this so hard? Because they want to give preferential treatment to big corporations and dump the rest of us into an Internet slow lane—all so they can jack up their already sky-high profits.
The scary thing is that they've had success blocking Net Neutrality in the courts before. Previous efforts by the FCC to protect Net Neutrality have been blocked by the cable industry's lawyers.
So it's not enough to let government lawyers fight this on their own. We need to make sure the public is speaking out too.
We've come too far to let Net Neutrality get killed by an army of corporate lawyers. Will you chip in $5 to help fight back?
Yes, I'll chip in $5 to save Net Neutrality.
Thanks.
--Demand Progress
Source:
1. Internet Providers Sue to Kill Net Neutrality , National Journal, March 23, 2015
BREAKING NEWS: The telecommunications industry just sued the FCC to kill Net Neutrality.1
Just weeks ago, the FCC issued a historic decision preserving Net Neutrality. But two new lawsuits filed by the big cable and Internet Service Providers are trying to overturn the whole thing.
With the amount of money corporations like Verizon and AT&T can spend on lawyers, this is going to be a huge fight. And to win, we need to make sure the public is making our voices heard in support of the FCC.
Will you chip in $5 to help fight back against this lawsuit and save Net Neutrality?
They've given millions to politicians. They've spent millions more on lobbyists. And now they've hired an army of lawyers to accomplish what they haven't been able to do so far: kill Net Neutrality.
Why are they fighting this so hard? Because they want to give preferential treatment to big corporations and dump the rest of us into an Internet slow lane—all so they can jack up their already sky-high profits.
The scary thing is that they've had success blocking Net Neutrality in the courts before. Previous efforts by the FCC to protect Net Neutrality have been blocked by the cable industry's lawyers.
So it's not enough to let government lawyers fight this on their own. We need to make sure the public is speaking out too.
We've come too far to let Net Neutrality get killed by an army of corporate lawyers. Will you chip in $5 to help fight back?
Yes, I'll chip in $5 to save Net Neutrality.
Thanks.
--Demand Progress
Source:
1. Internet Providers Sue to Kill Net Neutrality , National Journal, March 23, 2015
Monday, February 23, 2015
Tell the worst offenders in both houses to support Net Neutrality
From Demand Progress:
It's so anomalous for DC to actually do what the people want that the Republicans are investigating how the hell it happened.
Call the key Net Neutrality opponents in Congress and tell them to stop messing with the Internet.
Now that the FCC's moving in the right direction on Net Neutrality, the cable and phone companies have turned their attention to a new target: Congress.
Their tactic? Stall the FCC. In the last few weeks we've seen outright calls for a delay on the vote, legislation that would undermine the agency's authority, and a Republican-led campaign to investigate the process Chairman Tom Wheeler used to craft the rules.
One thing's for certain: If Wheeler were bowing to Big Cable, the Republicans wouldn't be launching an investigation to find out why.
We can't let Congress jeopardize the future of the Internet in an attempt to score partisan points. This stops now.
Call the Net Neutrality opponents in Congress and tell them to stop messing with the Internet.
We've put together a list of the worst offenders in the House and Senate — all you need to do is enter your phone number on this page and we’ll connect you. You might not be connected to your member of Congress, but these are the people who need to hear from real Net Neutrality supporters.
People nationwide have urged the FCC to protect Internet users — and that’s exactly what it’s poised to do. Congress shouldn’t try to block the FCC by pushing bad bills or hauling the FCC into hearings to defend the plan millions have called for.
The opposition has woken up its base and we’re seeing more and more industry lies circulating online. Companies like Comcast and AT&T will stop at nothing to destroy Net Neutrality now that we’re so close to winning. We can’t let them get away with this.
Click here to call Congress now.
And if you can't make a call... could click here and chip in $10 to help us continue our activism? We rely on support from activists like you.
Let's not let the ISPs snatch away our hard-earned victory.
-Demand Progress
It's so anomalous for DC to actually do what the people want that the Republicans are investigating how the hell it happened.
Call the key Net Neutrality opponents in Congress and tell them to stop messing with the Internet.
Now that the FCC's moving in the right direction on Net Neutrality, the cable and phone companies have turned their attention to a new target: Congress.
Their tactic? Stall the FCC. In the last few weeks we've seen outright calls for a delay on the vote, legislation that would undermine the agency's authority, and a Republican-led campaign to investigate the process Chairman Tom Wheeler used to craft the rules.
One thing's for certain: If Wheeler were bowing to Big Cable, the Republicans wouldn't be launching an investigation to find out why.
We can't let Congress jeopardize the future of the Internet in an attempt to score partisan points. This stops now.
Call the Net Neutrality opponents in Congress and tell them to stop messing with the Internet.
We've put together a list of the worst offenders in the House and Senate — all you need to do is enter your phone number on this page and we’ll connect you. You might not be connected to your member of Congress, but these are the people who need to hear from real Net Neutrality supporters.
People nationwide have urged the FCC to protect Internet users — and that’s exactly what it’s poised to do. Congress shouldn’t try to block the FCC by pushing bad bills or hauling the FCC into hearings to defend the plan millions have called for.
The opposition has woken up its base and we’re seeing more and more industry lies circulating online. Companies like Comcast and AT&T will stop at nothing to destroy Net Neutrality now that we’re so close to winning. We can’t let them get away with this.
Click here to call Congress now.
And if you can't make a call... could click here and chip in $10 to help us continue our activism? We rely on support from activists like you.
Let's not let the ISPs snatch away our hard-earned victory.
-Demand Progress
Monday, December 8, 2014
Ted Cruz is a sell out
From Demand Progress:
Please help us call out the key Republican lawmakers who are shilling for Big Cable and working to kill Net Neutrality:
Americans overwhelmingly support Net Neutrality, but several dozen Republicans who sit on the committees that oversee the Federal Communications Commission are trying to kill it.
They just signed a letter in opposition to the Net Neutrality proposal millions of Americans and President Obama back – and Senator Ted Cruz even called Net Neutrality “Obamacare for the Internet” !
They're opposing the will of their constituents, and trying to undermine a platform that facilitates speech, democracy, and innovation like no other in the history of humankind.
Why would they behave that way? Well, they’re just doing the bidding of Comcast, AT&T, and the other big cable monopolies – who, incidentally, have donated hundreds of thousands of dollars to their campaigns.
Click on the link below -- we'll connect you to these Republican lawmakers and provide you with a script that you can use to tell them to stop shilling for Big Cable:
Click here to visit our new site and make phone calls to them -- it'll just take a couple of minutes.
Let's let 'em have it.
-Demand Progress
Sign the petition
I never thought I would see the day that Ted Cruz abandoned the side of liberty but he did. It turns out he sold out to the establishment at the expense of the people. I guess it goes to show that sooner or later an actor is going to stop acting and be themselves. Now I believe we are seeing the real Ted Cruz who is a statist after all.
Please help us call out the key Republican lawmakers who are shilling for Big Cable and working to kill Net Neutrality:
Americans overwhelmingly support Net Neutrality, but several dozen Republicans who sit on the committees that oversee the Federal Communications Commission are trying to kill it.
They just signed a letter in opposition to the Net Neutrality proposal millions of Americans and President Obama back – and Senator Ted Cruz even called Net Neutrality “Obamacare for the Internet” !
They're opposing the will of their constituents, and trying to undermine a platform that facilitates speech, democracy, and innovation like no other in the history of humankind.
Why would they behave that way? Well, they’re just doing the bidding of Comcast, AT&T, and the other big cable monopolies – who, incidentally, have donated hundreds of thousands of dollars to their campaigns.
Click on the link below -- we'll connect you to these Republican lawmakers and provide you with a script that you can use to tell them to stop shilling for Big Cable:
Click here to visit our new site and make phone calls to them -- it'll just take a couple of minutes.
Let's let 'em have it.
-Demand Progress
Sign the petition
I never thought I would see the day that Ted Cruz abandoned the side of liberty but he did. It turns out he sold out to the establishment at the expense of the people. I guess it goes to show that sooner or later an actor is going to stop acting and be themselves. Now I believe we are seeing the real Ted Cruz who is a statist after all.
Saturday, December 21, 2013
Preserve Net Neutrality
From FreePress:
We may soon have to say goodbye to the Internet as we know it.
For two decades, getting online opened up vast new worlds to us, and gave us control over what we read, watched and heard. It was the world's largest library, town square, video store, shopping mall and post office.
The open Internet let us connect and communicate like never before.
But now we’re in a new era where choice and free speech are under threat. Sure, you can still get Netflix … as long as you subscribe to Comcast. Want to publish your thoughts on your own site? Maybe AT&T will cut you a deal. Then again, maybe not.
Think big Internet providers can’t do this? Think again.
Please Donate Today and Help Free Press Save the Internet
Here’s the good news: The end of the Internet isn’t here … yet. But any day now, a federal court could decide whether to strike down the only protections we have against companies like AT&T, Comcast and Verizon. These companies want to kill Net Neutrality, the guiding principle of the open Internet, and block what we do and say online.
Verizon and its friends will stop at nothing to shut down the Internet we love. That’s why the company is suing to throw out the Net Neutrality rules — and to get rid of the FCC’s ability to draft and enforce any rules that protect Internet users and promote competition online.
If Verizon wins, the open Internet will be a thing of the past — unless we act to protect it right now.
Donate to Free Press and Help Us Fight Back.
We’re on the verge of a true David-and-Goliath moment. The opportunity to flip the balance of power is in our hands.
On one side: Free Press — leading a people-powered movement to protect our rights to connect and communicate. (By the way, we don’t take any money from business, government or political parties. We rely on friends like you to fuel our work.)
On the other: Verizon. It has billions of dollars in the bank and an army of lawyers and lobbyists on its payroll.
To Stand a Chance in This Fight, We’re Going to Need You in Our Corner. Donate Today.
Thanks for all that you do—
Josh Levy
To Donate
We may soon have to say goodbye to the Internet as we know it.
For two decades, getting online opened up vast new worlds to us, and gave us control over what we read, watched and heard. It was the world's largest library, town square, video store, shopping mall and post office.
The open Internet let us connect and communicate like never before.
But now we’re in a new era where choice and free speech are under threat. Sure, you can still get Netflix … as long as you subscribe to Comcast. Want to publish your thoughts on your own site? Maybe AT&T will cut you a deal. Then again, maybe not.
Think big Internet providers can’t do this? Think again.
Please Donate Today and Help Free Press Save the Internet
Here’s the good news: The end of the Internet isn’t here … yet. But any day now, a federal court could decide whether to strike down the only protections we have against companies like AT&T, Comcast and Verizon. These companies want to kill Net Neutrality, the guiding principle of the open Internet, and block what we do and say online.
Verizon and its friends will stop at nothing to shut down the Internet we love. That’s why the company is suing to throw out the Net Neutrality rules — and to get rid of the FCC’s ability to draft and enforce any rules that protect Internet users and promote competition online.
If Verizon wins, the open Internet will be a thing of the past — unless we act to protect it right now.
Donate to Free Press and Help Us Fight Back.
We’re on the verge of a true David-and-Goliath moment. The opportunity to flip the balance of power is in our hands.
On one side: Free Press — leading a people-powered movement to protect our rights to connect and communicate. (By the way, we don’t take any money from business, government or political parties. We rely on friends like you to fuel our work.)
On the other: Verizon. It has billions of dollars in the bank and an army of lawyers and lobbyists on its payroll.
To Stand a Chance in This Fight, We’re Going to Need You in Our Corner. Donate Today.
Thanks for all that you do—
Josh Levy
To Donate
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