On December 14th, the vote to repeal Net Neutrality will take place. Unless we do something to stop it or to change this or change the minds of those voting, we will lose Net Neutrality. We’re dealing with corporations attempting to monopolize the Internet.
We have 12 days before we lose the Internet and enter an era of loss.
We have 12 days before the inevitable repeal is put in place, and as time continues to go on, we’re losing opportunities to stop it. The FCC no longer recognizes emails and other online petitions. There have been too many bots, and, as such, have decided to essentially ignore anything that has to do with online support for net neutrality. If you want to make a change, you’re going to have to make direct contact—write a letter or call your representatives.
We have 12 days before the Digital Age may fall, and if it doesn’t completely collapse, then it will surely be wounded. We’re risking an end to the entire age of information that the Internet has sparked, between censorship and unfairly high payment and god knows what else could be implemented once they have control.
We have 12 days before the free and open Internet perishes. We have 12 days to do anything in our power to prevent this, but time is running it and so are ways to deal with it. We cannot sit idly by and wait or let others do the work for us; we cannot hope for the best without taking action of our own; we cannot rely on everyone else to put these changes into place when everyone else is in that same mindset.
We have 12 days before they vote to put their plans into place. ISPs can and will charge you extra for certain sites, slow streaming services, and block websites altogether.
As someone who dreams to have work in the creation of content, this is the most horrifying outcome—and I’m far from being the only one who thinks that. The Internet is where artists of all kind flock and may be sheltered, where they can show their work. This is how they can put their name into the world, this is how they can become known, this is how they can accomplish their goals, but all of that will be ripped away. All of this hangs in the balance, and we’re still far from tipping the scales in our favor.
Of course, anyone reading this may think I’m just being overdramatic, but we’re talking about a practically immeasurable scale of negative change. You may say we just need to pay the price for the new Internet and move on with our lives, but how? Some people are lucky enough to have access as it is, but that will change. Censorship and blocking will run rampant, and it won’t be stopped, not when the people who issued this censorship are the ones in charge. Creative minds, even those with the financial stability to be able to keep up with the permanently changed online world, will still face constant challenges and limits in the content they will be putting into the world. But these effects will only dig deeper and deeper. Members of the LGBT+ community will no longer find the platforms of massive support they once found on the free Internet; relationships, friendships, connections of all kinds built in the online world will be severed and lost; the spread for social causes and fights against injustice will be diminished; an entire community will die. Education will be effected, business will be effected, day-to-day lives will be effected, the way we receive information will be effected, the way we connect to each other in the constantly advancing world will be effected, everyone will be effected.
We have 12 days to act before we lose it all, and I’ll be damned if I stand aside and watch it happen. Spread the word, call your representatives, write as many letters as you can muster, do everything in your power to fight back. We cannot be suppressed, we cannot let all that we’ve made go to waste. We cannot let minds full of beauty and groups of love wither away. We cannot let free knowledge become hidden and costly. We cannot let ourselves be limited by the corrupt, especially on such a large scale. We cannot let them have this advantage against us. We cannot wait, because the time for waiting is over. We take action now or we lose, we all lose. Fight for Net Neutrality.
We have 12 days before we’re too late. Don’t let it be too late.
https://resistbot.io/ <—Free and easy way to contact your reps. Your letters will be emailed, faxed, mailed, or, in some instances, hand delivered to your Congress members. I’ve gotten a handful of responses from one of my Senators because of this app and it is very empowering to see a copy of the letter you wrote followed by a text that says ‘delivered.’ Democracy in action. Do it.
Reblogging for this; most online forms of contact are being ignored by the FCC, but Resistbot is sent to state representatives, who DO see and often even directly respond. Use this as a tool in this fight. Anyone who knows any other methods of reaching representatives, please add to this.
Some additional information to add to this:
https://resistbot.io/ will, in fact, work for reaching state representatives. There has been information going around that it will not, but this is false. However, it is true that resistbot will no longer reach the FCC, who has marked it as spam.
Currently, three people stand in the way of Net Neutrality: Ajit Pai, Brendan Carr, and Mike O’Rielly. These three are the members of the FCC who are in favor of the repeal. As it stands, Ajit Pai is completely immobile from being swayed from the repeal—Carr and O’Rielly, however, can still be persuaded. Their emails are below:
- Ajit Pai: ajit.pai@fcc.gov
- Brendan Carr: brendan.carr@fcc.gov
- Mike O’Rielly: mike.oreilly@fcc.gov
Remember: insults and threats will not help. There’s already been plenty of that and it’s not gone well. Instead, you’re going to need to spam their emails—politeness, civility, but no begging or pleading. State why you want Net Neutrality and do not back down.
We have to keep this fight going by any means necessary.
Just in case direct emails will still be ignored, I believe this is where you can send physical letter to:
Federal Communications Commission
445 12th Street, SW
Washington, DC 20554
Guys this is so important, flooding them with letters might be the only way to make them reconsider.
We have 12 days left.
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