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Net Neutrality is in danger again, President Trump replaced the former FCC chairman with a Verizon lawyer who plans to gut Net Neutrality, and thanks to him the FCC has voted to gut Net Neutrality rules. As a result internet activist group Fight for the Future has set up a global day of internet protest like what was done for SOPA years back. Here is there public announcement: ---- Major web companies and public interest groups announce Internet-Wide Day of Action to Save Net Neutrality FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, June 6, 2017 Contact: Evan Greer, 978-852-6457, press@fightforthefuture.orgOrganizations behind largest online protests in history p

Re-post of: http://tumblr.fightforthefuture.org/post/131691409968/how-to-save-net-neutrality-in-europe-urgent On Tuesday, October 27, the European Parliament will vote on rules intended to protect network neutrality in the European Union (EU). However, the proposal about to be adopted fails to deliver real network neutrality to the EU and is much weaker than current rules in the United States. Fortunately, it’s not too late to change course. Members of Parliament can still secure meaningful network neutrality for Europe — if they adopt key amendments on Tuesday. Want to help? Click here to send an email to the Europe

Re-Blogged from: http://www.theguardian.com/media-network/2015/may/08/trans-pacific-partnership-obama-irony?t=dXNlcmlkPTU1NjQwNTI5LGVtYWlsaWQ9OTczMA== Last week, the president, who claims he’s running the most transparent administration in history, went on the record saying there’s nothing secret in the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), as he asked Congress for special authority to “fast track” the agreement. Trans Pacific Partnership: Obama ready to defy Democrats to push secretive trade deal   Today, President Obama will give another speech defending the TPP from critics who say the deal is a corporate power grab.

 Rebloged from: http://tumblr.fightforthefuture.org/post/116298591023/join-the-internet-vote-to-stop-the-government-from Join the Internet Vote to stop the government from Fast Tracking censorship! We’re organizing the Internet Vote on April 23rd to give Internet users everywhere a voice against the Trans-Pacific Partnership, a secret deal that could lead to global Internet Censorship. Sign up here. Dear Fight for the Future member, If you feel like every week there’s is always another looming threat to the future of free speech on the Internet, it’s because there is. The root of the problem is that too many decisions that

On February 26th the most important vote in the history of the internet will take place. The FCC will vote to save net neutrality or let ISP's like Comcast and other cable companies create internet slow lanes. If the vote go's in favor of the ISP's then everyone (who isn't willing to pay a big extra "don't slow down my internet" fee will have there internet will be slowed down to an absurdly slow speed, and those who do pay will still feel the sting, as Web Sites will have to pay that fee as well and those that don't, as well as sites that the ISP's don't want you to visit for whatever reason will have there sites load so EXTREMELY slowly to

 Re-Blogged from www.fightforthefuture.org/ -- Net neutrality is not a partisan issue. Since the Internet was built it’s been based on a few basic principles: like the idea that everyone’s data should move at the same speed, and no government or corporation should interfere or decide what you can see and do online. That’s not a liberal or conservative idea. It’s just a good idea. Everyone from venture capitalists to environmentalists support it. [1] But now that we’re potentially days away from getting a rule to prevent Cable company F*$kery, monopolies like Comcast and Verizon are doubling down on manipulati

For those reading this who are unaware of what is going on with Net Neutrality being in danger or even what Net Neutrality is see this journal: "Net Neutrality is in danger! Help save the net!" before continuing to read this The FCC's plan that they are currently working to enact has recently been revealed and it's not good, if it go's into effect it will make it LOOK like Net Neutrality is saved, but at the same time will still lets Cable companies control and censor the Internet would give cable companies the power to slow & break the sites you love. Thay need to be stopped and here's how YOU can help! 1) Sign this petition: http://ww

The ISP's is planing to do away with Net Neutrality, allowing big name sites to pay to have their sites load faster wile slowing down smaller sites. This goes against the idea of the free and open internet and will hurt everyone except for the most rich and powerful people on earth. Don't believe me? Here are some video links to explain what killing Net Neutrality would do. and here are some links to some text based explanations: gothamist.com/2014/04/24/net_n… www.makeuseof.com/tag/net-neut… www.savetheinternet.com/blog/2… Want to fight back? To start here are some petitions you can sign: petitions.whitehouse.gov/p