Sign the petition today to restore Net Neutrality

We have the opportunity to restore net neutrality protections for the nation. Congress has until Monday, December 10 to sign a Congressional Review Act (CRA) to reverse the FCC’s disastrous regulations on net neutrality.

Millions of dedicated people like yourself took to the streets, signed petitions, and made calls to protest the decision made by Ajit Pai’s FCC. In response, we passed the strongest net neutrality bill in the country (Senate Bill 822) in California -- but that’s not enough. If we speak out and tap into the energy we had then, we can convince our legislators to restore net neutrality for the entire nation.

Click here to sign a petition asking Congress to pass the CRA and reverse the FCC's net neutrality decision.

If we don’t restore net neutrality, internet service providers (ISPs) can intentionally slow down, block, or charge more to allow prioritized access to specific websites and online content. Net neutrality is necessary in our lives and allows for fair access to the internet, whether you are a journalist, a local activist, or an avid social media user. But we’re up against those pushing for the repeal of net neutrality: huge telecom corporations like Verizon, AT&T, and Comcast. We must demand that our legislators listen to us, not corporations.

The good news is the Senate has already passed the CRA with a bipartisan vote, meaning we can restore net neutrality with a majority vote if we get House members on board. Will you join us once again in demanding a fair internet for all?

Sign the petition: restore net neutrality!

-the Courage team

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Break the internet, so we can save it! Tuesday 12/12 #SAVENETNEUTRALITY #STOPTHEFCC

The FCC will vote to kill net neutrality this Thursday, but Congress can stop them. We have good intel suggesting there are Republican lawmakers close to speaking out to stop the FCC in Arizona and we need to activate local people interested in net neutrality to help make that happen. You can help by visiting BattleForTheNet.com and sharing it with your friends.

Comcast, Verizon and AT&T want to end net neutrality so they can control what we see & do online. They want to gut FCC rules, and then pass bad legislation that allows extra fees, throttling & censorship. But Congress can put a stop to all of this. Write Congress first, then call, then join our day of action December 12th!

SIGN THE PETITION by clicking HERE. 

I urge you to stop the FCC's plan to end net neutrality *before* the FCC's December 14th vote.

I don't want ISPs to have the power to block websites, slow them down, give some sites an advantage over others, split the Internet into "fast lanes" for companies that pay and "slow lanes" for the rest, or force me to buy special "tiers" to access the sites and services I choose. But that's exactly what the FCC plan would do. Please read it:

https://apps.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-347927A1.pdf

Blocking & throttling by ISPs is a serious problem. Comcast has throttled Netflix, AT&T blocked FaceTime, Time Warner Cable throttled the popular game League of Legends, and Verizon admitted it will introduce fast lanes for sites that pay-and slow lanes for everyone else-if the FCC lifts the rules. This hurts consumers and businesses large and small.

If some companies can pay ISPs to have their content load faster, startups and small businesses that can't pay those fees won't be able to compete. This will kill the open marketplace that has enabled millions of small businesses and created America’s 5 most valuable companies. Without strong net neutrality protections, Internet providers will effectively be able to impose a tax on every sector of the American economy.

Moreover, under Chairman Pai's plan, ISPs will be able to make it more difficult to access political speech that they don't like. They'll be able to charge fees for website delivery that would make it harder for blogs, nonprofits, artists, and others who can't pay up to have their voices heard.

If the FCC passes their current order, every Internet user and business in this country will be unprotected from abuse by Internet providers, and the consequences will be dire. Please publicly support net neutrality protections by denouncing the FCC's current plan. Do whatever you can to stop Chairman Pai, to ensure that businesses and Internet users remain protected. Thank you!

Want to do more? Join the online protest Dec. 12th!

https://www.battleforthenet.com/breaktheinternet/

The FCC is about to vote to end net neutrality—breaking the fundamental principle of the open Internet—and only an avalanche of calls to Congress can stop it. So this Tuesday, December 12th, Break the Interneton your site, on Twitter, on Youtube or in whatever creative way you can, to get your audience to contact Congress.

That’s how we win. Are you in?

#SAVENETNEUTRALITY #STOPTHEFCC

Tell the FCC inspector general: Investigate FCC Chairman Pai's Sweetheart Deal for Trump TV

The petition to the inspector general of the Federal Communications Commission reads: "Investigate FCC Chairman Ajit Pai's actions to benefit the Sinclair Broadcast Group. Until the investigation is complete, direct staff to cease work on the merger and direct Chairman Pai to recuse himself until the investigation determines whether a permanent recusal is warranted." Add your name:

Almost from the day he took office, Pai has pushed through a series of radical rule changes to help out the Sinclair Broadcast Group, a network so cozy with Trump that it is sometimes called "Trump TV." Among other sweetheart deals, Pai is scrapping FCC rules on media ownership to allow Sinclair – already the biggest television operator in the country – to acquire another network and grow even bigger.It's no secret that Donald Trump hates the media, but he's not just complaining about it on Twitter. Just as Trump's Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Ajit Pai has been trying to kill net neutrality, Pai has also been quietly changing FCC policies to create a more pro-Trump media landscape. If they succeed, Trump and Pai could permanently change the U.S. media landscape. But their actions appear to be so clearly designed to benefit one company – and Trump himself – that they could violate the FCC's own mission as an independent agency. Tell the FCC inspector general: Investigate FCC Chairman Pai's actions to benefit the Sinclair Broadcast Group. Click here to sign the petition. Last year, Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner announced that the Trump campaign made a deal with Sinclair to get favorable coverage for Trump on the far-right network.1 Paying back the favor, once Trump entered the White House, he met with Sinclair's CEO and talked about "potential FCC rule changes" to help the company.2 But Pai's actions are just as disturbing. The FCC is supposed to be an independent agency that serves the public interest – not media companies and certainly not Donald Trump. Days after Trump won the election, then-FCC Commissioner Pai had an off-the-record meeting with SInclair's CEO. In the two-week period before Trump took office, Pai met with Sinclair two more times, once before meeting with Trump himself and once after.3 Then, two days after taking office, Trump nominated Pai as FCC chairman. Pai got to work right away on a series of policy changes that directly benefit Sinclair. Tell the FCC inspector general: Investigate FCC Chairman Pai's actions to benefit the Sinclair Broadcast Group. Click here to sign the petition. Pai's most radical step has been to eliminate rules that would prevent Sinclair from acquiring the Tribune Media Company. This is a mega-merger that would leave Sinclair with an incredible 223 stations covering 72 percent of U.S. households.4 With the FCC's longstanding media ownership rules out of the way, the commission will decide on the merger in the next few months. Now, however, 15 senators have called for the FCC inspector general to investigate Pai's actions, saying they “suggest a disturbing pattern of a three-way quid pro quo involving Sinclair, the Trump administration and Chairman Ajit Pai."5 The senators have asked the inspector general to tell Pai to recuse himself from all decisions related to Sinclair during the investigation, and they want FCC staff to stop work on the merger until the investigation is complete. If Pai is changing the media landscape to benefit Donald Trump, we need to know – and we need to stop him. Tell the FCC inspector general: Investigate FCC Chairman Pai's actions to benefit the Sinclair Broadcast Group. Click the link below to sign the petition: https://act.credoaction.com/sign/investigate-Pai?t=8&akid=26336%2E3130208%2EmAm5ro - Brandy Doyle, CREDO Action from Working Assets Add your name: References: Josh Dawsey and Hadas Gold, "Kushner: We struck deal with Sinclair for straighter coverage," POLITICO, Dec. 16, 2016. Claire Atkinson and Josh Kosman, "Sinclair is close to buying all of Tribune’s TV stations," New York Post, March 14, 2017. Sen. Maria Cantwell et al., "Letter to FCC Inspector General David L. Hunt," Nov. 15, 2017. Ibid. Ibid.

Tell your Rep to stop the Trump FCC’s attack on net neutrality

The Trump FCC is moving in 2 weeks to destroy net neutrality protections. Your member of Congress can help stop them – and save the internet. 

Call your member of Congress and tell them to save net neutrality!

No beating around the bush here, this is bad news.

Trump’s FCC Chairman Ajit Pai – a former top Verizon lawyer – is expected to announce a vote on his plan to end net neutrality as soon as November 22, the day before Thanksgiving.

It would be a disaster. Net neutrality rules are what protect the free and open internet, by stopping Big Cable companies like Comcast and Verizon from blocking, censoring, or controlling what we see and do online.

Click here to make a quick call to Congress. Tell your Rep to stop the Trump FCC’s attack on net neutrality.

But I’ve got some good news, too: We’re hearing that key lawmakers in Congress are considering taking action to slow down the Trump FCC’s assault on the internet.

But we know from experience that Congress will only act if they hear their constituents demanding it – we need to send in a flood of phone calls from constituents telling them to stand up and save net neutrality.

Click here to make a quick call to Congress. Tell your Rep to stop the Trump FCC’s attack on net neutrality.

- Demand Progress

Sign the petition if you agree: The Senate needs to stand up for consumers and fire FCC Chairman Ajit Pai.

Petition to US Senate:

Since joining the FCC, Ajit Pai has undercut the public interest at every turn. From waging war on the free and open internet and Title II net neutrality, to threatening to cut off phone and internet service to low-income people, it's clear he's more interested in looking out for his former employers at Big Cable than the American People. Pai is failing at his job to protect consumers and should not be re-confirmed. Please vote NO to reconfirming Ajit Pai to the FCC.

It’s time for FCC Chair Ajit Pai to go.

He’s been undermining the open internet from his first day at the Federal Communications Commission, and he’s only gotten worse since Trump made him Chair.

Pai is going all out to repeal net neutrality protections – even after a record 20 million public comments overwhelmingly told him to leave the open internet alone.

But we have good news: The Senate has an opportunity to stop Ajit Pai’s anti-net neutrality, pro-Big Cable agenda in its tracks.

Tell the Senate: Fire Ajit Pai.

The Senate has to vote to reconfirm Pai to the FCC by the end of the year or he’s out.

Here’s what this means for us: We can get every single member of the Senate on the record about net neutrality and a whole lot more.

Let’s be clear: A vote for Pai is a vote to:
End the internet as we know it, and let Pai's former employers at Verizon and the rest of Big Cable be the gatekeepers of what you can and can’t do online.
Let notorious right-wing media empire Sinclair (known for its racist and highly biased “must-run” broadcasts1) get market share reaching over 70% of American households.2
Shut off phone and internet service for the working poor and low-income people.

Not one senator should support that agenda.

Sign the petition if you agree: The Senate needs to stand up for consumers and fire FCC Chairman Ajit Pai.

Pai has made it clear he has no real interest in public service to begin with – only furthering the interests of his Big Cable benefactors. Let’s end his career at the FCC.

- Demand Progress

Sources:
1. Politico, “Sinclair increases 'must-run' Boris Epshteyn segments,” July 10, 2017.
2. Politico, “How Trump's FCC aided Sinclair's expansion,” August 6, 2017.