Feds Taking Down the Internet
July 12, 2017
T i m e to S p e a k Up
If you are not familiar with this issue, I'll simply say this came up in 2014 and 2015. The good news back then was the citizens of the US won the fight. The bad news now is the new regime in Washington backed by some huge corporate monopolies are at it again. The corporate players and their Washington insiders may be stronger than before.
There are a couple of short videos below that will get you up to speed on this. By the way, you might wonder; with our own EC Fiber internet provider, could this affect us? YES, because a lot of the content you see on the internet could be coming through the networks controlled by the various corporations mentioned below. Have a look! You decide.
This short video will give you a basic understanding of this issue. This is about equal treatment for everyone who uses the internet - basically, it's internet freedom.
You'll also hear it referred to as "Net Neutrality" - it's the same thing as internet freedom. Have a look at the video.
Bernie Sanders made a short video on this issue in 2014, you can see it below (just scroll down the page).
"Save Net Neutrality" is a short message from Bernie Sanders from 2014. The message is the same today because the internet corporate monopolies want the same thing now as they did then.
Have a listen to Bernie!
There's a highly respected organization that deals with this and many other issues related to our lives in the digital era. They're called the Electronic Frontier Foundation. Have a look at their website for more information, https://eff.org If you want to Take Action personally, go over to their page and send a message to the Feds - it's very easy, they walk you through it. Here's the link, https://dearfcc.org/
By the way, this is exactly the type of action that won the fight last time. Let's do it again!