Latest email from Fight For The Future

I have followed with interest the excellent campaign waged by Fight For The Future to preserve net neutrality in the USA. I have not participated directly because I am not a US Citizen but I forward their information.

Some of the readers of my blog are US Citizens are they might care to assist the campaign.

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Our members of Congress have oversight authority over the FCC -- and they have 
to answer to us: their constituents. We’ve just unveiled a “scorecard” so they 
can’t hide.

Last week, we made history. Millions of people took action to demand that the 
FCC respect free speech and drop its terrible plan to gut net neutrality 
protections that prevent monopolies like Comcast, Verizon, and AT&T from 
squeezing us all for more money, slowing down websites, apps, and services, and 
blocking our access online content. [1]

The Chairman of the FCC, Ajit Pai, is a former top lawyer for Verizon, and he’s 
made it clear that he doesn’t care what the public thinks -- he just wants to 
give the giant Cable Companies that he used to work for exactly what they want: 
the power to control what we see and do online.

But our members of Congress have oversight authority over the FCC -- and they 
have to answer to us: their constituents. We’ve just unveiled a “scorecard” so 
they can’t hide.

The Senate held important hearings on Ajit Pai’s confirmation this morning. [2] 
It was largely procedural, but right now is an important moment for us to show 
lawmakers that we are paying attention, and that we expect them to do their jobs 
and speak out against the FCC’s attack on our basic online rights.

If enough members of Congress speak out against Ajit Pai’s plan, he’ll have no 
choice but to slow down or change course. *This the clearest strategy for 
defending the net neutrality protections that we have all fought so hard for.*

We need to make sure that every member of Congress knows that if they side with 
Big Cable by supporting -- or remaining silent about -- the repeal of net 
neutrality, we their constituents will hold them accountable.

This fight is just beginning, and we’re off to a strong start. More from us soon.

- Evan at Fight for the Future