Hey reddit, I wanted to give everyone a heads up that Ajit Pai, former Verizon lawyer and current chairman of the FCC, is expected to circulate the text of his rule and announce a vote to gut net neutrality protections on November 22, the day before Thanksgiving.
That means these next few weeks could be our last chance to speak out to defend net neutrality. You can use this tool to call your lawmakers.
Once the FCC announces a vote (which would likely be at its open meeting in December), it will become much, much harder to stop them from gutting the rules that prevent companies like Comcast, Verizon, and AT&T from charging us all extra fees to access sites like reddit, and controlling what we see and do online by throttling, blocking, and censoring websites, apps, games, and streaming services.
The good news is that we are hearing from people who are meeting with Congress that there are key lawmakers who are sympathetic to the cause, and considering stepping in to slow down the FCC. But they need to be getting a lot more phone calls from constituents in order to act.
The groups behind the big Net Neutrality day of action that happened back on July 12 are calling on all Internet users, websites, apps, subreddits, and online communities to do everything they can to drive as many phone calls to Congress as possible between now and November 22.
There's an easy click-to-call tool set up at http://ift.tt/1kpJiCj
We have ready-made banners, modals, and graphics of various sizes here: http://ift.tt/2gOMui3
Our best shot at saving net neutrality is if we can get phones ringing off the hook in Washington, DC right NOW. It's a long shot, but it's our best shot. Please spread the word, and message me if you want to learn more or get involved.
If we don't act, PSN will be throttled and we will have to pay more for the internet.
EDIT : It will spread to countries other than the US if we don’t defend net neutrality
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