Things that will suffer with the loss of Net Neutrality:
Schools
Trans/NB people looking for binders online
Suicidal people in need of support
People who have trouble socializing irl
Artists
YouTubers
Small business owners
You
Me
Everyone
Students
Pet owners
Abuse victims
LGBTQ+ people
Online shoppers
Hospitals
Victims of crimes
Kids living in abusive households
Stay at home parents
The poor
The drug addicted
The alcoholics
The victims of natural disasters
Tumblr users
Twitter users
Instagram users
YouTube users
Facebook users
Snapchat users
Gamers
Music lovers
Collectors of any kind
LITERALLY EVERYONE ON EARTH WITH INTERNET ACCESS
AND WITHOUT IT
PEOPLE WONT BE ABLE TO HELP POOR COUNTRIES IF THEY DONT KNOW THAT THEYRE POOR
EVERYONE WILL SUFFER WITH THE LOSS OF NET NEUTRALITY. WE CANNOT LET OURSELVES BE SILENCED. WE CANNOT LET THE NEEDY GROW POOR. WE CANNOT LET OUR WORLD PERRISH. WE CANNOT LET TEENS COMMIT SUICIDE. WE CANNOT LET CHILDREN GO WITHOUT AN EDUCATION.
WE CANNOT LET OUR NATION DIE. WE CANNOT LET OUR ENTIRE WORLD PERISH.
Congress and the Senate have nothing to do with the vote to keep Net Neutrality. Only 5 people at the FCC get to vote: Ajit Pai, Mignon Clyburn, Michael O’Reilly, Brendan Carr, and Jessica Rosenworcel. Mignon and Jessica plan to vote to keep net neutrality. To defeat the net neutrality repeal, 1 of these 3 men need to change their vote:
Ajit Pai: 202-518-7399
Michael O’Reilly: 301-657-9092
Brendan Carr: 202-719-7305
Please, please, PLEASE contact them! Net neutrality is crucial to what all of us here on Facebook and across the entire internet enjoy on a daily basis. It guarantees equal access to the internet for all! MAKE YOUR VOICE HEARD! Please copy and repost!
jIf you’re reading this and not afraid, you should be. Be very afraid.
The internet is the greatest tool for democracy ever. Why? Because you can get access to legally accessible content without having to pay extra to get it properly.
Imagine the internet became like your cable TV deals.
You pay for packages or by the channel. Sounds like a great way to save money, right? Well, these make sense, as your cable company is often paying for access to the content. These payments and ad revenue helps to fund your favorite shows.
Imagine if you have to pay extra to have quick access to YouTube. Your cable company isn’t paying YouTube to carry their service, they are just profiting off of your usage. YouTube makes money by selling ad space and by offering digital movie rental.
Already we pay differentiated rates for service based on the general bandwidth we want. If Net Neutrality succeeds, we’ll be paying even more for the same services we now enjoy with consistent access.
New or smaller content providers will be inhibited because they won’t have immediate global access to these paid “express lanes”, and thus cost you proper access to new, innovative content and ideas.
What Net Neutrality does turns the internet into just another place where money improves access. Already people are restricted in their ability to access services by relative levels of wealth. The success of this measure will only increase the divide, pricing more people out of the market, ensuing that the “Haves” can get more access to information and content tan the “Have Nots”, while putting even more money in the pockets of corporate fat cats.
Don’t you dare say you’re too young to vote/have a voice. You have every right to be heard even if you’re not yet of legal voting age. You will be a voter, and if they’re smart, they’ll listen to you now. They’re planning to pick your pocket, too, in the fullness of time.
Don’t you dare say you have no right to get involved because you’re not in the US. Like or not, American policies often set precedent and/or heavily influence similar policy decisions in other democratic economies of the world. Don’t want this where you live? Speak up, signal boost the Hell out of this for your American friends and followers, lest you be the next country on the hit list of corporate profiteers.
Don’t you dare say it’ll bring prices down. Base prices may drop, but overall your average consumer will be increasing their monthly spending on internet services if this passes.
And don’t you dare say it doesn’t matter because you don’t pay the bills/are wealthy. Do you like having access to informational resources, or do you want corporate interests controlling what you can access? I know I for one don’t want the Donald Trumps and Rupert Murdochs of the world having ANY control over my access to information. I’m willing to bet the same is true of those suspicious of left-leaning media.
This will set the standard for DECADES to come. Repeal of this is going to be harder than passage.
This is the first chance in decades for people to rise up and say No to corporate interests.
Fuck Occupy Wall Street.
We Occupy The Internet.
It’s on all of us to fight it.
Call your congressman, call the FCC, call your senate representative. Call them all to tell them this won’t stand.
REMINDER THAT GETTING RID OF NET NEUTRALITY WILL HURT:
– SMALL BUSINESSES
How will they be able to advertise things when they’re just starting out, and how many people will be able to see it? How many people will be willing to buy things online if they already have to pay for access to the site?
– SCHOOLS
Any school with computers will have to pay money for internet access. Otherwise students won’t be able to work on any projects in class, and they will have to rely on home internet access. Lots of school funding will be used for paying this!
– PEOPLE SEEKING MEDICAL/FINANCIAL AID ONLINE
It is common on this site and on many others to see people asking for aid. Imagine what will happen to these people if they have to pay to go onto this site, and imagine how many people will see their posts. Imagine how many people will still have the money to help them.
– STUDENTS
Any kind of research paper will be a pain to write, regardless of your grade level. I have to turn in almost all of my homework online, and nothing is allowed to be handwritten. This will make college more expensive, too, and that’s already too much for anyone to pay for without student loans.
– ANYONE LOOKING FOR A JOB ONLINE
Nobody wants to pay an extra $50 dollars a month to sign up for job applications. It is also standard to have an email, so if you no longer have access to it, that can cost you a job, even if you aren’t signing up for it online.
– ARTISTS
Many artists already have trouble getting people to buy commissions. A lack of exposure and a lack of money will not help.
– YOUTUBERS
I don’t really go on youtube anymore, but I know for a fact that this will effect the amount of views (and therefore the amount of money) they’ll get for their videos. This will effect youtubers worldwide, and the U.S. is filled with tons of viewers!
– PEOPLE WITH MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES
Lots of people rely on the internet to vent or to escape. Imagine if they were suddenly told that they aren’t able to do that anymore. Imagine what will happen if they’re suddenly cut off from their friends online.
– LIBRARIES
Libraries would have to put even more funding into internet access, and if they can’t pay for it, it will be a serious inconvenience to many, many people. People who go to the library to use the computers often don’t have a computer at home.
Call the FCC and senators. Write an email. Send a letter. DO SOMETHING.
The FCC is actively ignoring all emails and calls from bots; you have to either email or call them yourself for your efforts to matter!
the resistbot twitter has debunked this rumor!!
this isnt true, and resistbot is used to contact your reps not the fcc. i’ve gotten replies from my reps after using resistbot as well. do not spread false information !!
Good, I’ve got your attention. I’ve heard about this net neutrality bullshit returning. I fought it when it started popping up a few years ago, and I’m going to fight it again. Guys, it’s BACK AGAIN and even worse theres a big chance it will END UP PASSING!
This could literally mean a shit ton of you wont be able to see me anymore if your provider decides that they want to regulate/censor, sayyy overly sexual content. You’ll also have to pay extra money to even use Tumblr!
Please guys, we defeated this shit once, we can do it again. They’re trying to do it now while people are distracted by the holidays and fucking Justice League. As of today, it seems as though there have only been 266,810 calls made to Congress. This is NOT good enough!! MILLIONS of people use the net, and if each one of them took 60 seconds to call and protect it, holy balls do you KNOW how much of a difference that would make??? But noooo, you’re busy streaming an ecchi anime that wont be available to you soon!!!!!
Heres a direct link to make a difference (theres also links to other sites of the same nature on here), and yes, YOU can make a fucking difference because this is YOUR internet at stake here. If you’re not going to make the call, share this and maybe SOMEONE fucking will!! This is important as shit and we cant afford to lose. Dec 14th is the deadline.
There’s a lot of big, wordy articles going around tumblr right now, and they’re all great. But I wanted to make a mastpost of sorts of all the actions you can take and sites/bots that are here to help.
battleforthenet – The main hub for all things net neutrality. Fill out a form in seconds to e-mail your rep, or enter your phone number and a prerecorded message will call you, tell you exactly what to do and provide a script before connecting you with your representative. You can also set up a daily call.
Verizon Protests – Protests are happening at Verizon stores across the country on Dec 14th.
5 calls – This site is my favorite for calls. They provide a script and directions for calling the FCC, senators, and local state rep.
Resistbot – A phenominal service for those who cannot call, this bot will contact your rep on your behalf. However, every time I try to use it, they are busy.
Many of you are hitting the same roadblock I am: Mailboxes are full. So what do we do at that point? We send letters. Go to WhoIsMyRepresentative.com and enter your zip code to find addresses for your senators and house reps. You can use the phone script from the sites above, or compose your own note, or simply write “I am your constituent and I want you to fight to keep net neutrality.”
I know a lot of this is very overwhelming and hopefully this makes things easy and straightforward. You can send an e-mail, make 4 phone calls, and write a letter in less than 10 minutes. Please take the time to do so.
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