Net Neutrality is at risk--AGAIN
If you haven’t seen John Oliver’s latest episode where he covers the topic, y’all need to know that net neutrality is once again under threat of revocation. What this means is that internet companies can speed up websites that pay and significantly slow down sites that don’t. (Seriously, John Oliver explains it better so just go watch that episode please)
So, what can we do? First of all, contact your representatives. Use Resistbot and text “RESIST” to 50409 to send a fax to your senators and House representatives to tell them that you want to preserve net neutrality. This is super easy, takes about 5 minutes.
Next, go to the website John Oliver set up gofccyourself.com and tell the FCC that you want net neutrality protected. If you want a pre-written message, I got you:
The FCC Open Internet Rules (net neutrality rules) are extremely important to me. I urge you to protect them. I don't want ISPs to have the power to block websites, slow them down, make some more accessible than others, or split the Internet into "fast lanes" for companies that pay and "slow lanes" for the rest. Now is not the time to let giant ISPs censor what we see and do online. Censorship 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. Courts have made clear that if the FCC ends Title II classification, the FCC must let ISPs offer fast lanes to websites for a fee, and Chairman Pai has made clear that he intends to do just this. But if you let ISPs make some websites fast and others artificially slow—for a fee—you will kill the open marketplace that has enabled millions of small businesses and created the 5 most valuable companies in America—just to further enrich a few much less valuable cable giants famous for sky-high prices and abysmal customer service. I'm sending this to the FCC's open proceeding, but I worry that Chairman Pai, a former Verizon lawyer, has made his plans and will ignore me and millions of other Americans. So I'm also sending this to my members of Congress. Please publicly support Title II rules and denounce Chairman Pai's plans. Do whatever you can to dissuade him. Thank you!
PSA: I did not write that message but I took it from THIS website. Anyway.
Please do this. It is important and not just US-centric because this will affect internet users globally. We need to make sure that net neutrality is protected.
