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FAIR | 'Ajit Pai Wants to Shut Down the Way We Communicate and Organize'
“Our voices are making a difference, and making it more difficult for them and the administration to undo all of the important consumer protections that we fought so hard for.”
FAIR | ‘Ajit Pai Wants to Shut Down the Way We Communicate and Organize’
“Our voices are making a difference, and making it more difficult for them and the administration to undo all of the important consumer protections that we fought so hard for.”
Slate: The Women Who Won Net Neutrality
Here are some of the women who worked to preserve the free and open Internet. (The list is long and revealing, while men are getting the recognition and awards.) By Marvin Ammori Slate's Future Tense September 22, 2015 Federal Communications Commission Commissioner Mignon Clyburn listens to a fellow commissioner speak during an FCC hearing on More
Comcast Thinks It Has the Right to Censor You
"We owe this Orwellian shift in thinking to a growing number of court decisions, among them Citizens United, that define corporations as people and their business practices as speech."
▶ Glenn Greenwald on America’s Surveillance Society | Henry A. Wallace National Security Forum
In our quest to defeat terrorism, are we sacrificing free speech and creating a conformist society? https://youtu.be/04IwOPTiu10 BraveNewFilms.org June 26, 2015 Perhaps no one has stirred the pot on the reach of the national security state than journalist Glenn Greenwald when he released information about the NSA from whistleblower Edward Snowden. A “surveillance More
Popular Resistance: Courage is Contagious
When our colleagues take brave actions, others are inspired. George Lakey describes how courage develops in movements. He lists some key ingredients to overcome fear: people working in community to empower each other, envisioning a successful action and spreading the contagion of courage. By Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers PopularResistance.org | Newletter February 14, 2015 Lakey describes courage More
Mike Ludwig: FCC Chairman Wheeler Moves Toward Strong Net Neutrality Rules
The debate over the FCC's latest proposals to protect net neutrality has raged for nearly a year. Net neutrality activists have regularly held loud protests at FCC meetings and flooded the FCC's public comment inbox with millions of letters and comments. At one point, the sheer number of comments overloaded and shut down the agency's server.
Emergency alert: The future of the Internet will be decided in the next few weeks.
Internet cell phone protest in Hungary. Source: András Hajdú of abcug.hu We’ve made a lot of progress in ensuring net neutrality, but now the FCC is going in the wrong direction. We still have time set them back on track, but we need you to act now. Take two immediate steps: PopularResistance.org November 2, 2014 Take More
▶ Moyers and Winship: Don’t Let Net Neutrality Become Another Broken Promise
Is Net Neutrality Dead? Democracy loses if the Internet’s sold to the highest bidder — and that may be exactly what’s about to happen. [vimeo http://vimeo.com/93590762] Full Show: Is Net Neutrality Dead? May 2, 2014 For years, the government has upheld the principle of “Net neutrality,” the belief that everyone should have equal access to More
▶ Thom Hartmann: FCC Action Will Not Protect Free Speech Online
[youtube=http://youtu.be/lOT2gM7dDDk] Published on Feb 21, 2014 Thom Hartmann discusses an FCC announcement regarding net neutrality with Craig Aaron, President and CEO-Free Press Website: www.freepress.net/ thomhartmann· Subscribe or “Follow” us on RiseUpTimes.org. Rise Up Times is also on Facebook! Check the Rise Up Times page for posts from this blog and more! “Like” our page today. Find us on Twitter at Rise More
Katrina vanden Heuvel: Comcast-Time Warner Doesn’t Pass the Smell Test
...consumers surely will get fleeced if the merger goes through. America already suffers from worse Internet service, speed and affordability than other developed countries. by Katrina vanden Heuvel Published on Tuesday, February 18, 2014 by The Washington Post One thing is certain about Comcast’s proposed $45 billion merger with Time Warner Cable: It doesn’t pass the smell test. Comcast claims that More