It is key to keep a free and open internet for our small businesses and consumers that utilize the internet for their business/pleasure x.com/sencortezmasto…
Today, the safeguards we have to a fair & open internet officially ends. With the leadership of @SenMarkey, @SenateDems have a plan to save #NetNeutrality & all we need is one more Republican to join us on the CRA! We must ensure every American has equal access to the internet.
On 4/23, President Trump's FCC vote to repeal net neutrality protections will go into effect - further jeopardizing a fair & open internet. @SenateDems have a plan to save #NetNeutrality & all we need is one more Republican to join us. But we need your voices to get it done!
Its understandable many journos are confused by this. I's legitimately confusing. The FCC order said it would go into effect 60 days after publication in the Federal Register, which would have been April 23rd. But, it still has to be approved by the Office of Management & Budget
There was another FCC filing in the Federal Register that would imply the earliest the OMB could approve this (and its worth noting that approval is basically just a technicality) is actually April 27th, but its likely to happen some time after that, possibly even weeks after.
The most important thing for EVERYONE to understand is that nothing catastrophic or dramatic is going to happen immediately when the FCC rules go into effect. Telecom shills will immediately start saying "See? The sky didn't fall, we never needed #NetNeutrality." They're lying.
The ISPs aren't going to immediately start blocking content or rolling out paid prioritization scams. They know Congress and the public are watching them. Rather, the death of #NetNeutrality will be slow and insidious. You might not even notice it at first.
The ISPs will slowly become the “gate keepers” of the internet and will be able to censor and limit the free open internet we have now x.com/fightfortheftr…
Over time we'll see less awesome startups. Less awesome videos. Less diverse online content. And we'll see more content that our ISPs want us to see. The Internet will be watered down and manipulated. It will change forever in ways that harm our democracy. But it will take time.
Make sure your congressman knows that you believe in the right of freedom of press/speech and contact them to make sure we bring back net neutrality x.com/trashforsebsta…
BREAKING: 17 states are now against the FCC's repeal on #NetNeutrality
Virginia, Delaware, Hawaii, California, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Iowa, Illinois, Maryland, Maine, Mississippi, Oregon, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Rhode Island, Washington, Vermont.
More states expected.
Repealing Net Neutrality would be violation of our freedom of press. The ability to access any form of information on the internet is freedom of press, so when this is taken away it will be allowing the ISPs to control what we see on the internet! This is unconstitutional
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