Chuck Schumer (D. N.Y.) & Kirsten Gillibrand (D. N.Y.)
Ron Wyden (D. Ore) & Jeff Merkley (D. Ore)
Maria Cantwell (D. Wash)
Brian Schatz (D. Hawaii) & Mazie Hirono (D. Hawaii)
Richard Blumenthal (D. Conn)
Sheldon Whitehouse (D. R.I.) & Jack Reed (D. R.I.)
Tammy Baldwin (D. Wis)
Martin Heinrich (D. N.M.)
Maggie Hassan (D. N.H.) & Jeanne Shaheen (D. N.H.)
Amy Klobuchar (D. Minn)
Gary Peters (D. Mich) & Debbie Stabenow (D. Mich)
Kamala Harris (D. Calif)
Patrick Leahy (D. Vt) & BERNIE SANDERS(I. Vt)
Sherrod Brown (D. O.H.)
Tim Kaine (D. Va)
Dick Durbin (D. Ill) & Tammy Duckworth (D. Ill)
Michael Bennet (D. Colo)
Chris Van Hollen (D. Md) & Ben Cardin (D. Md)
If you do NOT see your Senator on this list, fill up their emails, make their phones ring off the hooks, send them so many tweets they can’t go online without seeing hundreds of notifications. If your Senator IS on this list (As one of mine is) then keep writing them, thanking them for helping keep Net Neutrality alive.
So, Net Neutrality has officially been repealed. It was split 3-2.
Now you guys need to absolutely pummel your local congressional representatives with calls, letters, and protests until Congress steps its game up and fixes this so that the FCC can never do this again.
We watched as three men callously laughed about how silly they thought some of the calls were for not being eloquent enough for their taste. We watched as they lied about the internet, even when the truth was uttered minutes before.
Don’t let them have this win.
Make your representatives miserable until they fix this. The news will be worthless to you in the upcoming months, as every major news network is either owned by an ISP or has tangential business with ISPs. They all serve to profit on this. Fact check with extreme prejudice. Don’t stop until your internet is back to where it needs to be.
Neutral.
I don’t care if you’re far-left, far-right, or dead down the center. Do you want it to be where an ISP can choose to throttle access to Fox News or Breitbart on a whim? What about Vox? What if some bad reviews come out for a movie and Comcast throttles it to hide that? What if Netflix is throttled into oblivion so that Hulu becomes the only possible option for viewing? What if you go to start-up a new business and you’re told that you have to pay for the $500/mo “business package” in order to get higher the 0.3 Mbps traffic speeds to your site?
Nothing about this decision is going to benefit how you use the internet.You use it for paying bills, for doctors and hospitals, for school, for work, and for entertainment.
Don’t give up, guys!
Make your representatives miserable.
DOesnt it need to go through court still? WHere it would be pummeled off?
That’s when advocates take it to court! Agency actions don’t need to be rubberstamped by the courts (in fact, courts prefer not to interfere with agency action).
And depending on which district takes this court case, it could end up favoring the FCC on this.
You want Congress to make the decision because then it is written in law, and isn’t likely to be easily overturned.
Damit, add links to help people. Just liking or reblogging does nothing. Give your voice action:
Sign this at the ACLU. I’m sure others will pop up.
Call congressional offices directly or through the switchboard. If you do not have the direct number, you can reach US representatives by calling 202-225-3121, and US senators by calling 202-224-3121. Ask the operator to connect you to the individual office. Also don’t be an asshat when you call. Simple state that you would like the Net Neutrality rules to stay in place.
The ACLU has already said court papers will be filed.
Thank you for the addition! I’ll definitely help get this spread around.
“Particularly damning is what today’s repeal will mean for marginalized groups, like communities of color, that rely on platforms like the internet to communicate, because traditional outlets do not consider their issues or concerns, worthy of any coverage. It was through social media that the world first heard about Ferguson, Missouri, because legacy news outlets did not consider it important until the hashtag started trending.”
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Mignon Clyburn, FCC Commissioner for Net Neutrality
Today the FCC voted 3-2 to kill the net neutrality rules you helped pass back in 2015
Let’s not kid ourselves: This is a major setback in our fight for a free and open internet. But It’s not the end. Not for us, and we hope not for you.
Net neutrality is too important to be subject to the whims of any administration. We need legislative action.
Go to Battle For The Net to get connected directly to your Senators or Representatives. If we work together, we can get it done. Again!
Here’s more from Commissioner Clyburn this morning:
I am optimistic, that we will look back on today’s vote as an aberration, a temporary deviation from the bipartisan path, that has served us so well. I don’t know whether this plan will be vacated by a court, reversed by Congress, or overturned by a future Commission. But I do believe that its days are numbered. (Verge)
As predicted, all three men voted to dismantle the protections. Please go to their twitters and call them gopher fuckers.
You may panic, but be smart. There are plenty of lawsuits waiting in the wings. Net Neutrality repeals have failed twice before when taken to court. However- do not bank on it, there is always a chance for this slimy shit to slither right through.
What you should do right now is call Congress and tell them what you think.
If we are quick enough we can force them into using the CRA– the Congressional Review Act. You can tell them you want that.
You’ll see a script on your screen, or you can say something like this:
I support Title II net neutrality, and I urge you to use the
Congressional Review Act to pass a “resolution of disapproval” reversing
the FCC’s December vote to repeal the Open Internet Order.”
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