From Open Media:
The Internet is at a turning point: Under Donald Trump, Net Neutrality now ‘faces extinction’ at the FCC,1 and the NSA is poised for a dramatic expansion in spy powers.2 Either we stand up now for our digital rights, or we accept a world where everything we do online is monitored by governments and ISPs, free expression is quashed, and Internet access gets more expensive.
The United States has always been a trend-setter for Internet policy across the globe. If we stop fighting for our values then the door flies open for oppressive regimes the world over to follow our regressive lead.
Our nimble team is ready for this fight -- and we’ve received some seriously good news: a generous donor has just offered to double your donation every single month for a whole year if you sign up as a monthly donor right now.
This could make a huge difference in our fight against some of the most powerful and well-funded interests on the planet.
At OpenMedia, we’re experts in using cutting edge digital tools to force decision-makers to pay attention to citizen voices. But building and sharing these tools takes a lot of time and resources.
Our fight wouldn’t be possible without the strength of our grassroots donors: it’s their donations that enable us to run high impact campaigns to defend the Internet in the United States and around the world.
And if you donate today the Internet Society and TunnelBear have generously agreed to match the value of your donation. Please, give $10, $20 or whatever you can and double your impact protecting the open Internet!
Here’s what we’re up against in 2017:
A President and Congress intent on dismantling Net Neutrality consumer safeguards.1
Out-of-control government surveillance threatening to turn the Internet into something it was never intended to be: Big Brother.3
A president-elect who says he wants to “close down parts of the Internet” and who actually will have the power to make that happen.4
An AT&T-Time Warner mega-merger that will result in less competition and Internet price hikes for average Americans.5
If we are going to keep the Internet open, we’re going to have to fight to protect it. To succeed we need you to donate today so we can unlock essential matching funds. Please join for this time-sensitive opportunity.
The open Internet is under constant threat, but because of people like you we know we’ll be there to protect it.
With gratitude for all you do,
Alana,
on behalf of your OpenMedia team
P.S. The open Internet empowers everyday people in an unprecedented way--to create, share, communicate, learn, invent, challenge government, support a cause, and express ourselves. Big Media, Big Telecom, and governments all want to put you and the free Internet on a leash.Please donate now before our special matching funds program ends — for just this short time, we can double your impact.
[1] Net neutrality faces extinction under Trump. Source: CNBC
[2]FBI and NSA Poised to Gain New Surveillance Powers Under Trump. Source: Bloomberg News
[3] US: Case Challenges Mass Internet Surveillance. Source: Human Rights Watch
[4] The Law That Could Allow Trump To Shut Down The US Internet. Source: Forbes
[5] Open Internet groups open letter to Trump and Clinton to stop the merger. Source: Coalition Letter
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Thursday, December 15, 2016
Tuesday, February 16, 2016
The Time Warner merger with Charter Communications will destroy competition
From Open Media:
Big Telecom is trying to get even bigger… and customers will pay the price. Charter Communications, America’s third-biggest cable company, wants to take over Time Warner Cable, the second-largest.
If this $90 billion deal is approved by the FCC, "Mega Charter" and Comcast together would control the telecom connections to nearly 8 out of every 10 U.S. homes.
Let that sink in: two cable companies, wielding monopolistic control over your Internet service.
If they succeed, they’ll be able to raise your cable bill even higher, because you’ll have nowhere else to turn. We can't let this happen. To fight back, your OpenMedia team has joined forces with our friends at Demand Progress (and others!) to stop this.
You probably haven't heard a lot of talk of this deal, which pleases Charter.
Charter saw how spectacularly Comcast failed at their attempt to takeover Time Warner, and so they're pulling out all the stops to sell a pretty picture to decision-makers at the FCC.1
That's all well and good until you look a little closer. Existing Time Warner Cable customers would have to shell out more for the kind of broadband plans that Charter provides.
And the staggering debt that Mega Charter would take on to acquire Time Warner Cable is troubling if they're really committed to the high costs of building more broadband in rural areas.
Big Cable has repeatedly shown they can't be trusted, because they don't have to win your trust when they corner the market in your community. Tell the FCC to stand with Internet customers and oppose this deal. (We'll also forward your comment to the Senate.)
The truth is that in the long run, this merger will leave people like you with the cost — making our bills go up, flattening the quality of service, and fattening the pockets of people like Charter's Thomas Rutledge and Time Warner Cable's Robert D. Marcus — both of whom would receive more than $100 million in golden parachutes and payouts.2
Malone knows how to close a cable company merger, and he has the influence and money to do it.3
We've got to show the FCC that they must oppose this merger if they want to cement a legacy of broadband access and competition. Will you send a comment to the FCC today?
Together, we can stop Big Cable from getting even bigger.
Thanks.
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Big Telecom is trying to get even bigger… and customers will pay the price. Charter Communications, America’s third-biggest cable company, wants to take over Time Warner Cable, the second-largest.
If this $90 billion deal is approved by the FCC, "Mega Charter" and Comcast together would control the telecom connections to nearly 8 out of every 10 U.S. homes.
Let that sink in: two cable companies, wielding monopolistic control over your Internet service.
If they succeed, they’ll be able to raise your cable bill even higher, because you’ll have nowhere else to turn. We can't let this happen. To fight back, your OpenMedia team has joined forces with our friends at Demand Progress (and others!) to stop this.
You probably haven't heard a lot of talk of this deal, which pleases Charter.
Charter saw how spectacularly Comcast failed at their attempt to takeover Time Warner, and so they're pulling out all the stops to sell a pretty picture to decision-makers at the FCC.1
That's all well and good until you look a little closer. Existing Time Warner Cable customers would have to shell out more for the kind of broadband plans that Charter provides.
And the staggering debt that Mega Charter would take on to acquire Time Warner Cable is troubling if they're really committed to the high costs of building more broadband in rural areas.
Big Cable has repeatedly shown they can't be trusted, because they don't have to win your trust when they corner the market in your community. Tell the FCC to stand with Internet customers and oppose this deal. (We'll also forward your comment to the Senate.)
The truth is that in the long run, this merger will leave people like you with the cost — making our bills go up, flattening the quality of service, and fattening the pockets of people like Charter's Thomas Rutledge and Time Warner Cable's Robert D. Marcus — both of whom would receive more than $100 million in golden parachutes and payouts.2
Malone knows how to close a cable company merger, and he has the influence and money to do it.3
We've got to show the FCC that they must oppose this merger if they want to cement a legacy of broadband access and competition. Will you send a comment to the FCC today?
Together, we can stop Big Cable from getting even bigger.
Thanks.
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Tuesday, September 29, 2015
Big Telecom will shut down the government to get their way on Net Neutrality
From Open Media:
Ever since our historic win in February to stop the Internet Slow Lane, Big Telecom has been waging a war to roll back our victory.
If Big Telecom cronies try their underhanded tactics in Congress, it will amount to little more than a ransom note: “Bring back the Slow Lane or we’ll shut down the government.” If successful, this would be the lowest attempt yet to reverse our progress.1
We need your help to amplify your voices right now and launch an immediate campaign if their evil plan makes it to the final vote. It’s a very dynamic situation and anything could happen in the final hours.
The more we can raise in the next 24 hours, the more ready we will be, and louder we will get. So please chip in now.
Big Telecom are using every tool they can. They even have the audacity to claim that throttling and slowing your internet connection and your favourite sites counts as protected “free speech” under the 1st Amendment.2
Yeah, right. Give me a break.
Anything could happen in the next 24 hours. If they get their way tomorrow, we’ll wake up in a world where our favourite sites become slower and more expensive. We can’t let that happen.
We’re in this for the long haul— defending our Net Neutrality win defends the foundation of the open Internet. Can you donate today so we’re ready for what comes next?
For the Internet,
Josh Tabish, on behalf of your OpenMedia team
P.S. Thanks to the Internet, we’re incredibly efficient. But it still takes resources to amplify your voice and protect long-term wins. Whatever we raise, we’ll use to defend Net Neutrality and keep the Internet Slow Lane from ever coming back.
To Donate
Footnotes
[1] Policy Riders Threaten Vital Public Safeguards, Hijack Budget Process. Source: Public Citizen.
[2] ISPs don’t have 1st Amendment right to edit Internet, FCC tells court. Source: Ars Technica.
Ever since our historic win in February to stop the Internet Slow Lane, Big Telecom has been waging a war to roll back our victory.
If Big Telecom cronies try their underhanded tactics in Congress, it will amount to little more than a ransom note: “Bring back the Slow Lane or we’ll shut down the government.” If successful, this would be the lowest attempt yet to reverse our progress.1
We need your help to amplify your voices right now and launch an immediate campaign if their evil plan makes it to the final vote. It’s a very dynamic situation and anything could happen in the final hours.
The more we can raise in the next 24 hours, the more ready we will be, and louder we will get. So please chip in now.
Big Telecom are using every tool they can. They even have the audacity to claim that throttling and slowing your internet connection and your favourite sites counts as protected “free speech” under the 1st Amendment.2
Yeah, right. Give me a break.
Anything could happen in the next 24 hours. If they get their way tomorrow, we’ll wake up in a world where our favourite sites become slower and more expensive. We can’t let that happen.
We’re in this for the long haul— defending our Net Neutrality win defends the foundation of the open Internet. Can you donate today so we’re ready for what comes next?
For the Internet,
Josh Tabish, on behalf of your OpenMedia team
P.S. Thanks to the Internet, we’re incredibly efficient. But it still takes resources to amplify your voice and protect long-term wins. Whatever we raise, we’ll use to defend Net Neutrality and keep the Internet Slow Lane from ever coming back.
To Donate
Footnotes
[1] Policy Riders Threaten Vital Public Safeguards, Hijack Budget Process. Source: Public Citizen.
[2] ISPs don’t have 1st Amendment right to edit Internet, FCC tells court. Source: Ars Technica.
Friday, September 25, 2015
Big Telecom to put anit-freedom measures in spending bill
from Open Media:
You won’t believe this.
Just days after you helped file a historic legal brief in support of Net Neutrality,1 insider sources have confirmed that Big Telecom’s lobbyists could destroy the open Internet by sneaking dangerous new powers into a gigantic spending bill that has nothing to do with the web.2
This would be an amazingly underhanded way for telecom giants to destroy Net Neutrality and impose their Internet slow lane plan on all of us. It's wrong and we can't stand for it.
But decision-makers in Congress can stop this. If enough of us speak out, we can convince them to oppose any bill that would threaten the open Internet. Add your voice today before the rapidly-approaching deadline.3
If successful, these giants would gain the power to force your favorite websites into an Internet slow lane and raise prices on you and your family.4 This would make many of your favorite sites buffer sporadically, and return errors.
You see, Big Telecom lobbyists are working behind closed doors to exploit the spending bill process because they know that the government has to pass it soon, or face a federal shutdown.5
Well, we will remain vigilant and stand on guard. And to do that, we need large numbers to tell Congress to oppose any bill that threatens the open Internet. Speak out before the final deadline on September 30.
At OpenMedia, our mission is to ensure every one of our community members can amplify their voice on the issues they are passionate about.
That's why we worked with million of Internet advocates and hundreds of organizations to make sure the the FCC passed the strongest, most enforceable rules possible.6
But we can’t let them take that away from us now. Speak out before it’s too late.
–Josh, on behalf of OpenMedia
P.S., We can stop Big Telecom giants from slowing your favorite websites to a painful crawl – but only through your support. Chip in now so we can make sure your voice is heard.
[1] The open Internet takes the stand. Source: OpenMedia.
[2] Policy Riders Threaten Vital Public Safeguards, Hijack Budget Process. Source: Public Citizen.
[3] Lawmakers urge GOP leaders to pass 'clean' funding bill by September 30 deadline. Source: The Hill.
[4] Entrepreneurs Explain How The End Of Net Neutrality Would Mean Their Startups Don't Exist. Source: TechDirt.
[5] Net Neutrality on the line. Source: TruthDig.
[6] F.C.C. Net Neutrality Rules Clear Hurdle as Republicans Concede to Obama. Source: The New York Times.
You won’t believe this.
Just days after you helped file a historic legal brief in support of Net Neutrality,1 insider sources have confirmed that Big Telecom’s lobbyists could destroy the open Internet by sneaking dangerous new powers into a gigantic spending bill that has nothing to do with the web.2
This would be an amazingly underhanded way for telecom giants to destroy Net Neutrality and impose their Internet slow lane plan on all of us. It's wrong and we can't stand for it.
But decision-makers in Congress can stop this. If enough of us speak out, we can convince them to oppose any bill that would threaten the open Internet. Add your voice today before the rapidly-approaching deadline.3
If successful, these giants would gain the power to force your favorite websites into an Internet slow lane and raise prices on you and your family.4 This would make many of your favorite sites buffer sporadically, and return errors.
You see, Big Telecom lobbyists are working behind closed doors to exploit the spending bill process because they know that the government has to pass it soon, or face a federal shutdown.5
Well, we will remain vigilant and stand on guard. And to do that, we need large numbers to tell Congress to oppose any bill that threatens the open Internet. Speak out before the final deadline on September 30.
At OpenMedia, our mission is to ensure every one of our community members can amplify their voice on the issues they are passionate about.
That's why we worked with million of Internet advocates and hundreds of organizations to make sure the the FCC passed the strongest, most enforceable rules possible.6
But we can’t let them take that away from us now. Speak out before it’s too late.
–Josh, on behalf of OpenMedia
P.S., We can stop Big Telecom giants from slowing your favorite websites to a painful crawl – but only through your support. Chip in now so we can make sure your voice is heard.
[1] The open Internet takes the stand. Source: OpenMedia.
[2] Policy Riders Threaten Vital Public Safeguards, Hijack Budget Process. Source: Public Citizen.
[3] Lawmakers urge GOP leaders to pass 'clean' funding bill by September 30 deadline. Source: The Hill.
[4] Entrepreneurs Explain How The End Of Net Neutrality Would Mean Their Startups Don't Exist. Source: TechDirt.
[5] Net Neutrality on the line. Source: TruthDig.
[6] F.C.C. Net Neutrality Rules Clear Hurdle as Republicans Concede to Obama. Source: The New York Times.
Saturday, September 19, 2015
Net Neutrality goes to court
From Open Media:
There are just 24 hours to go before the final deadline to sign a hard-hitting legal brief that could stop Big Telecom destroying a historic ban on Internet slow lanes.
We got an unbelievable response to this email we sent on Thursday, so we wanted to make sure you had a chance to join before it's too late.Sign on now. Deets below.
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Telecom giants are trying to destroy a historic ban on Internet slow lanes1 by going through the courts2 – and a crucial deadline for us to stop them is rapidly approaching.
Under threat are the pro-Internet “Net Neutrality” rules that we won earlier this year. If Telecom giants are successful, they could dismantle our victory and force our favorite websites into an Internet slow lane3 – ruining the web and raising prices for you and your family in the process.
But we have a plan to fight back.
We need Internet users like you to endorse a hard-hitting legal brief that ensures the court knows just how many Americans care about the ban on slow lanes. Add your voice now, and help stop Big Telecom’s Internet slow lane plan before the final deadline.
We have to get as many signatures on it as possible by Sunday night, so the brief can be filed first thing Monday. That’s why your OpenMedia team is helping to amplify your voice at this crucial moment.
This is huge. Losing Net Neutrality would hurt everyone other than deep-pocketed telecom conglomerates who could afford expensive new “prioritization” fees.
That’s why a number of groups are defending our historic victory in court. They’re fighting with everything they’ve got to stop Big Telecom’s army of lawyers, but they need your help to make sure they show up in the courtroom with a critical mass behind them.
You don’t need to be a lawyer to defend one of the most historic pro-Internet victories of all time. Click here to add your name to the Net Neutrality "People's Brief" that open Internet advocates will be filing in just a few days.
We worked together for over a year to make sure we won the strongest, most enforceable rules possible (AKA: Title II).4 And by all accounts, we nailed it.5 But we can’t throw that all away now.
Our campaign partners will be filing the challenge soon, so sign on right now before the final deadline on Sunday night.
Josh, on behalf of OpenMedia
Footnotes
[1] Well, Internet, we did it. We stopped the Internet slow lane. Source: OpenMedia.
[2] FCC sued by broadband companies over net neutrality rules. Source: Reuters.
[3] Net Neutrality, Monopoly, and the Death of the Democratic Internet Source: Motherboard.
[4] Why Title II Reclassification for Net Neutrality Is the Biggest Deal Ever Source: Free Press.
[5] F.C.C. Net Neutrality Rules Clear Hurdle as Republicans Concede to Obama. Source: New York Times.
There are just 24 hours to go before the final deadline to sign a hard-hitting legal brief that could stop Big Telecom destroying a historic ban on Internet slow lanes.
We got an unbelievable response to this email we sent on Thursday, so we wanted to make sure you had a chance to join before it's too late.Sign on now. Deets below.
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Telecom giants are trying to destroy a historic ban on Internet slow lanes1 by going through the courts2 – and a crucial deadline for us to stop them is rapidly approaching.
Under threat are the pro-Internet “Net Neutrality” rules that we won earlier this year. If Telecom giants are successful, they could dismantle our victory and force our favorite websites into an Internet slow lane3 – ruining the web and raising prices for you and your family in the process.
But we have a plan to fight back.
We need Internet users like you to endorse a hard-hitting legal brief that ensures the court knows just how many Americans care about the ban on slow lanes. Add your voice now, and help stop Big Telecom’s Internet slow lane plan before the final deadline.
We have to get as many signatures on it as possible by Sunday night, so the brief can be filed first thing Monday. That’s why your OpenMedia team is helping to amplify your voice at this crucial moment.
This is huge. Losing Net Neutrality would hurt everyone other than deep-pocketed telecom conglomerates who could afford expensive new “prioritization” fees.
That’s why a number of groups are defending our historic victory in court. They’re fighting with everything they’ve got to stop Big Telecom’s army of lawyers, but they need your help to make sure they show up in the courtroom with a critical mass behind them.
You don’t need to be a lawyer to defend one of the most historic pro-Internet victories of all time. Click here to add your name to the Net Neutrality "People's Brief" that open Internet advocates will be filing in just a few days.
We worked together for over a year to make sure we won the strongest, most enforceable rules possible (AKA: Title II).4 And by all accounts, we nailed it.5 But we can’t throw that all away now.
Our campaign partners will be filing the challenge soon, so sign on right now before the final deadline on Sunday night.
Josh, on behalf of OpenMedia
Footnotes
[1] Well, Internet, we did it. We stopped the Internet slow lane. Source: OpenMedia.
[2] FCC sued by broadband companies over net neutrality rules. Source: Reuters.
[3] Net Neutrality, Monopoly, and the Death of the Democratic Internet Source: Motherboard.
[4] Why Title II Reclassification for Net Neutrality Is the Biggest Deal Ever Source: Free Press.
[5] F.C.C. Net Neutrality Rules Clear Hurdle as Republicans Concede to Obama. Source: New York Times.
Tuesday, April 21, 2015
Sign the petition to oppose the TPP
From Open Media:
Right now, Congress is moving forward on legislation that would allow the government to Fast Track the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) and it’s extreme Internet censorship plan without any scrutiny of what’s in the agreement.
Why? Because if Americans knew that the TPP would make their Internet more expensive, censored, and policed, they’d hate it.
This is why we need to take a stand for full transparency. Tell President Obama: Make the full text of the secretive TPP public today.
From day one, the TPP negotiations have been shrouded in secrecy. The public has been kept in the dark about its contents. And what little we know comes from leaked texts.1
And here’s what those leaked documents told us: the TPP has the power to make our Internet access more expensive, to implement rules that would censor links and websites, to stifle the public domain and threaten online freedoms across the board.2
Sign the petition to oppose TPP
Right now, Congress is moving forward on legislation that would allow the government to Fast Track the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) and it’s extreme Internet censorship plan without any scrutiny of what’s in the agreement.
Why? Because if Americans knew that the TPP would make their Internet more expensive, censored, and policed, they’d hate it.
This is why we need to take a stand for full transparency. Tell President Obama: Make the full text of the secretive TPP public today.
From day one, the TPP negotiations have been shrouded in secrecy. The public has been kept in the dark about its contents. And what little we know comes from leaked texts.1
And here’s what those leaked documents told us: the TPP has the power to make our Internet access more expensive, to implement rules that would censor links and websites, to stifle the public domain and threaten online freedoms across the board.2
Sign the petition to oppose TPP
Friday, May 2, 2014
Demand transparency in the TPP debate
From Open Media:
You probably already know that the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) threatens so much of what we hold dear -- this secret agreement will censor our Internet, send jobs overseas, undermine environmental regulations, and remove our most basic democratic rights.
For the last week, while U.S. President Obama has been in closed-door meetings in Asia desperately trying to finalize the TPP, a team of hardworking citizens has been projecting our hard-hitting “Stop the Secrecy!” message on key buildings around Washington D.C.
We know the more people who see these images, the more decision makers will feel the heat, so we’re working overtime to make sure the images go viral. Can you chip in to help support the hard-hitting social media campaign we’ll need to achieve this?
Our campaign to raise the public awareness around this agreement has already had an impact; the President failed to finalize the agreement during his trip, and he failed to secure needed “fast-track authority” from Congress.
We need to show decision makers that the public won’t accept the TPP without a full transparent debate; we know they are paying attention.
Please, chip in to help us run a hard-hitting social media campaign. For $10 dollars, we can tell 2700 people about the TPP; for $20 we can reach 5,500, and for $50 we can reach 11,250 people!
Once people realize what’s being decided behind their back without their consent, they’ll never stand for it. We can make the TPP impossible to pass by making sure as many people as possible are aware of it. Are you with us?
Thank you for being such an inspiration,
Steve, Jason on behalf of your OpenMedia team
P.S. Contributions in the next 24 hours will enable us to directly reach massive numbers online and tip the balance in our favour. Please stay with your OpenMedia team by chipping in with a human-sized donation right now.
To donate
You probably already know that the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) threatens so much of what we hold dear -- this secret agreement will censor our Internet, send jobs overseas, undermine environmental regulations, and remove our most basic democratic rights.
For the last week, while U.S. President Obama has been in closed-door meetings in Asia desperately trying to finalize the TPP, a team of hardworking citizens has been projecting our hard-hitting “Stop the Secrecy!” message on key buildings around Washington D.C.
We know the more people who see these images, the more decision makers will feel the heat, so we’re working overtime to make sure the images go viral. Can you chip in to help support the hard-hitting social media campaign we’ll need to achieve this?
Our campaign to raise the public awareness around this agreement has already had an impact; the President failed to finalize the agreement during his trip, and he failed to secure needed “fast-track authority” from Congress.
We need to show decision makers that the public won’t accept the TPP without a full transparent debate; we know they are paying attention.
Please, chip in to help us run a hard-hitting social media campaign. For $10 dollars, we can tell 2700 people about the TPP; for $20 we can reach 5,500, and for $50 we can reach 11,250 people!
Once people realize what’s being decided behind their back without their consent, they’ll never stand for it. We can make the TPP impossible to pass by making sure as many people as possible are aware of it. Are you with us?
Thank you for being such an inspiration,
Steve, Jason on behalf of your OpenMedia team
P.S. Contributions in the next 24 hours will enable us to directly reach massive numbers online and tip the balance in our favour. Please stay with your OpenMedia team by chipping in with a human-sized donation right now.
To donate
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