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103 Groups Urge Senate Majority Leader McConnell To Bring The Save The Internet Act To A Floor Vote

June 12, 2019 Staff, Freepress.net , ,
Today marks one year since the FCC made the unpopular decision to officially kill net neutrality and broadband protections for the American people​. ​On the one-year anniversary of the end of the ​Open Internet Order​, we encourage the Senate to join your House colleagues in implementing the will of your constituents — 4 in 5 of whom support net neutrality, including 77% of Republicans, according to recent polling. Since the repeal of the ​Open Internet Order​ by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)...

How Net Neutrality Advocates Are Protesting The Anniversary Of The FCC Repeal

June 11, 2019 Andrew Wyrich, Dailydot.com , , ,
Net neutrality advocates will mark the one year anniversary of the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) repeal going into effect with an all-day live stream tomorrow. Fight for the Future, an internet rights advocacy group that is hosting the live stream, says comments submitted to them by people “about why a free and open internet matters to them” will be read aloud by small business owners, veterans, gaming streamers, comedians, representatives from other internet advocacy groups, and Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) and Rep. Peter Welch (D-Vt.).

DOJ Antitrust Attorneys Reportedly Recommend Agency Block T-Mobile/Sprint Merger

May 23, 2019 Common Cause, Popular Resistance , , ,
WASHINGTON - Today, reports indicate that the Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division has recommended the agency move to block the T-Mobile-Sprint merger. The reports follow Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai’s recent announcement of his recommended approval of the merger. If approved by both the DOJ and the FCC, the number of national wireless carriers would be reduced from four to three, leading to less competition and higher prices for consumers. Low-income and marginalized communities who disproportionately rely on T-Mobile and Sprint for affordable services may also find themselves priced out of wireless service.

Harmful Sprint/T-Mobile Merger Shows FCC Chair Is Shill For Telecoms

May 21, 2019 Staff, Fightforthefuture.org , ,
Today Ajit Pai, the former Verizon lawyer turned least popular FCC chairman in history, announced his support for the T-Mobile / Sprint mega merger. The $26.5 billion deal has faced widespread opposition from Internet freedom, labor, civil rights, and consumer groups. It would reduce the number of national wireless carriers from four to three, leading to higher prices and worse plans, with the biggest impact felt by low income people and communities of color.

Poll Shows National Consensus In Favor Of Net Neutrality

March 22, 2019 Paul Bischoff, Comparitech.com , ,
Most internet users expect the freedom to be able to toggle between Twitter and Instagram with both programs loading at the same speed. However, what many don’t realize is that governmental policies are controlling our access to the internet, including social media. In 2015, under the Obama administration, rules were enacted that prohibited internet providers from increasing charges for specific content or giving certain websites preferential treatment. These rules came to be known as “net neutrality” and were quickly taken away after the FCC voted to repeal them in 2017.

Court Strikes Down FCC’s Mean-Spirited Effort To Reinforce Digital Divide

February 16, 2019 Janine Jackson, Fair.org ,
A federal appeals court has overturned FCC chair Ajit Pai‘s attempt to gut the subsidy that makes it possible for low-income communities to access broadband. For reasons known only to themselves, the FCC’s Republican majority voted last fall to make it much harder for people, including tribal residents, to obtain a subsidy provided by a program appropriately called Lifeline. Lifeline helps people who qualify with a $9.25 monthly subsidy to buy phone and Internet service; for those living on tribal lands, the subsidy is $25 in recognition of additional hurdles to access they face. Nearly 11 million people subscribe, which still just represents 28 percent of eligible households.

Title II Is The Best Way To Protect The Internet. Period.

February 16, 2019 By Dana Floberg, Freepress.net , ,
Last week, Free Press VP of Strategy and Senior Counsel Jessica J. González testified in  Congress about the importance of restoring real Net Neutrality protections and a strong legal framework for internet users’ rights. During the hearing, three of the Republicans representatives there (Bob Latta, Cathy McMorris Rodgers and Greg Walden) tried to upstage these arguments by introducing fake Net Neutrality bills. We haven’t seen the full text of all of these bills yet, but we know what they’ll do because they’re all dusted-off versions of earlier ISP-written bills. And we know what these members say: “Everyone wants Net Neutrality, we just disagree about how to do it!”

Net Neutrality’s Day In Court

February 5, 2019 By Ernesto Falcon, Elliot Harmon, Erica Portnoy, and Bennett Cyphers, Eff.org , , ,
The Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit heard the case of Mozilla v. FCC today to determine whether the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is allowed to repeal its net neutrality rules and abandon its authority over the broadband industry. The case delved into many different legal and technical issues that reveal the extent the FCC is willing to stretch to abandon the Open Internet. On one side sat public interest advocates, local governments, and Internet companies large and small. On the other, the FCC’s legal team was joined by lawyers from the large ISPs arguing in favor of one of the most unpopular decisions in Internet policy history.

Fake FCC Comments Linked To Ex-Trump Campaign Director’s Org, Boosted By Roger Stone

February 1, 2019 By Dell Cameron, Gizmodo.com ,
An organization run by a former Trump campaign statewide director is being investigated by the New York attorney general’s office for its role in submitting potentially hundreds of thousands of fraudulent comments to the Federal Communications Commission during the agency’s 2017 efforts to rollback Obama-era net neutrality rules. Research by Gizmodo reveals the group’s deep ties to prominent GOP firms, including one paid more than $31 million by the Republican National Committee (RNC) to provide email lists of potential voters during the 2016 campaign. Americans whose names were attached to fraudulent FCC comments linked to the ex-Trump campaign staffer confirmed during a series of interviews that their identities had been stolen.

The Net Neutrality Argument That Will Be Made In Court

February 1, 2019 Andrew Wyrich, Dailydot.com , ,
A number of prominent tech companies and digital rights groups expressed confidence on Wednesday that their court battle against the Federal Communications Commission(FCC), where they are challenging its controversial net neutrality decision, will be successful. Oral arguments for Mozilla Corporation v. FCC, a case challenging the legality of the FCC’s net neutrality decision, are scheduled to be heard by the U.S. Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit on Friday. On Wednesday, several of the lead petitioners challenging the FCC’s decision—including Mozilla, Free Press, the Open Technology Institute, Public Knowledge—explained why they feel optimistic heading into Friday’s oral arguments.

‘What Is The FCC Hiding?’ As Net Neutrality Deadline Looms, Agency Refuses FOIA Requests For Crucial Records

December 6, 2018 By Jake Johnson, Commondreams.org , ,
"Something here is rotten—and it's time for the FCC to come clean. Regrettably, this agency will not do this on its own. So it falls to those who seek to investigate from outside its walls." Just days before the Dec. 10 deadline for the House to pass a resolution to restore net neutrality protections, the Republican-controlled FCC on Monday rejected Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests by the New York Times and Buzzfeed for server logs and other records pertaining to the millions of fake comments that flooded the agency's system as it moved to repeal net neutrality last year.

The Internet Is Rising Up For Net Neutrality

December 2, 2018 Fight for the Future. , ,
Congress only has until December 10th to use the Congressional Review Act (CRA) to reverse the FCC’s resoundingly unpopular repeal of net neutrality. After that, there are other paths to restoring open Internet protections, but this is a crucial moment to make sure lawmakers are feeling the heat and know that people are paying attention to where they stand. With the deadline fast approaching, we’ve launched a major online action at DeadlineForNetNeutrality.com, calling on the whole Internet to sign an open letter to lawmakers. And the Internet is rising up.

Net Neutrality Supporters Win Big In The House

November 21, 2018 Staff, Freepress.net , , ,
WASHINGTON — Net Neutrality supporters scored major victories in the House on Tuesday, with Democrats who supported the reversal of the Trump FCC’s 2017 anti-Net Neutrality ruling winning all 160 of their reelection races. 160 of the 176 Democratic representatives who signed on to the resolution of disapproval that would restore the open-internet rules were up for reelection yesterday. The other 16 members are either retiring or ran for other political offices. Rep. Mike Doyle (D–Pennsylvania) introduced the discharge petition in May, the day after the Senate passed a companion Congressional Review Act resolution introduced by Sen. Ed Markey (D–Massachusetts) with a bipartisan 52–47 vote.

November 29: Day Of Action To Save Net Neutrality

November 21, 2018 Fight for the Future. , ,
Fight for the Future has teamed up with major celebrities and web companies for one last day of action on Thursday, November 29 to convince Congress to overturn the FCC's repeal.  The last day for Congress to overturn the FCC is Dec. 10, so we need to drive as much constituent pressure as possible to make them do the right thing. We need to make the most of this moment and get as many lawmakers as possible signed on to strong net neutrality rules before the end of the year. To help make this happen, we've created a new campaign page for the November 29th day of action called DeadlineForNetNeutrality.com – and it's pretty epic.

The Biggest Threat To Free Speech No One Is Talking About

November 18, 2018 Robert Scheer, Truthdig. , , ,
If you clicked this story, odds are you’re a consumer of independent media. Yet even as you’re reading these words, your ability to do so in a timely manner is in grave jeopardy. Since the repeal in June of Obama-era rules guaranteeing net neutrality, websites like Truthdig, Democracy Now!, Common Dreams and more risk being pushed into an internet slow lane that could severely hamper their readership, if not drive them out of business entirely. For Jeff Cohen, editor and co-founder of the media watchdog Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting(FAIR), it may be the most urgent threat to the First Amendment no one is talking about.
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