Tag: net neutrality

staff:

“Keeping the internet open is critical for us. It powers social movements, and provides a global platform for people of color, LGBTQ folks and the most marginalized communities to tell their own stories, run their own businesses and route around powerful gatekeepers.”—Candace Clement, Free Press Action Fund Campaign Director via @fight4future​

Starting today, June 11, U.S. internet providers will be legally allowed to censor and block websites and apps, and force you to pay extra fees to to access your favorite places online. Your internet sanctuaries, the communities you are part of, the ones you have help build up, could be decimated.

Will it happen today? No. Next week? Probably not. The changes will not be swift. They will come piece by piece. A slow, tempered death to the free and open internet we love.

It doesn’t have to be this way. You can still make a difference, Tumblr. We need the House of Representatives to sign a discharge petition in support of the Congressional Review Act that would force a vote on the floor.

Contact your reps—let them know you support net neutrality.

It’s so easy. Just go to BattleForTheNet.com, fill out the form, and follow their directions from there.

They have an updated widget for you to throw on your websites to urge others to make a difference. You can put it on your Tumblr. Let your followers know what you stand for, encourage them to do the same. It’s so easy to do. Just copy and paste their small line of code right into the customize theme page on the web.

Go, go, go, go. We know you have that passion in you. We’re fighting right alongside you.

thishazeleyeddemon:

BREAKING: We won! The fight moves on to the House!

Guys, guess what – we won in the Senate! The decision to overturn the FCC’s net neutrality repeal passed 52-47!

But we’re not done yet! We need to get the House on our side too! We all know the drill by now – call, organize protests, donate to Fight For The Future and other campaigns. There’s so many things you can do to join the fight, but we need everyone working together! We won in the Senate, now it’s time to take the fight to the House and let them see: they shouldn’t fear lobbyists from companies like AT&T, they should fear us!

Go to BattleForTheNet.com to contact your representatives or join/organize a protest! Text 50409 to contact your representatives! If you have some cash to spare, donate to the cause!

We can do this!

tanukiyasu:

I’ve changed my Tumblr icon to show I support Net Neutrality; it will stay my icon for as long as possible. We need to spread the fact that if we don’t save it by June 11th, it will all end…

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SPREAD AWARENESS! CALL YOUR SENATORS! Do whatever it takes! Together, we can safe a free Internet!

staff:

🚨This is a Red Alert for net neutrality 🚨

Last December, the FCC voted to to kill net neutrality. If we do not take action, this will kill the free and open internet as we know it. The internet needs you—all of you—to make sure your voices are heard NOW.

We need all hands on deck for this one. It may be our last chance. If you’re feeling under-informed and overwhelmed about why net neutrality is so incredibly important, we have this handy guide just for you.

Here’s what you can do to save the internet:

  • In mid-May, the Senate will vote on a resolution to overrule the FCC using the Congressional Review Act (CRA). We only need one more vote in the Senate to win. Write or call your Senators or Representatives. You can also text BATTLE to 384-387 to get more information on how to write to your reps. You can do this, Tumblr.
  • Join us and dozens of your other favorite companies like Etsy, Vimeo, Reddit, and GitHub to raise awareness with the Red Alert campaign being run by Battle for the Net. Just add this small widget to your Tumblr to let your followers know how they can contact their reps. It’s as easy as copying and pasting the small line of code right into the customize theme page on the web.

This is important. This matters. It’s up to you to help. 

lukemybieber:

The senators voted and Net Neutrality was ruled out. However, there’s still time until April 27 to keep calling all your senators or BOMBING their emails to push for the decision to be rules out. Net Neutrality won’t be officially dead until April 27. There’s still time.

Please please PLEASE call your senators and bomb their emails. Please do not let take away net neutrality. It is so incredibly important.

Yes having internet is already no free, but paying for packages? Allowing them to control what loads and at what pace?? Less people will have access to social media. Less people will know what’s actually happening outside America and by default less people will know what’s happening IN America.

Those tweets and fb posts about poc being mistreated?? You’ll see them wayy less with people not being able to have access to post and companies having more control on whay goes out and what loads. Woman disappearing and mistreatment? Will hear way less about it mysteriously. Syria?? Will appear way less on your feed and NOT because it has stopped. Someone in the government doing questionable things? Won’t be out in the light asnit should be. Charity online? People won’t be able to ask for money for surgeries or charity if they don’t have the money to even access the internet in the first place.

I could continue with more examples on how important and needed net neutrality is. Please don’t let it die.