Ryan,

We just learned that key congressional members -- backed by Verizon and Comcast -- are meeting in secret about net neutrality.[1] It's the first frightening step toward a worst-case scenario: Congress outlawing an open, censorship-free internet.

This is an emergency. Stopping lawmakers from passing an anti-net neutrality bill is the single most important thing we can do right now to save the net.

We've put up six billboards calling out members of Congress who are doing Comcast's bidding, and with your help, we can put up even more.

Will you chip in for another wave of billboards to stop Congress from killing net neutrality forever?


Comcast, Verizon and AT&T want to end net neutrality so they can charge extra fees and control what we see and do online. For months, FCC Chair Ajit Pai, a former Verizon lawyer, has been doing their bidding, pushing to undo the strong Title II rules we helped win in 2015.

Apparently, that's not good enough for Big Cable. Having received massive campaign contributions from Verizon and Comcast, members of the House Commerce Committee are now secretly working to rewrite the law that underpins net neutrality -- a step that would be nearly impossible to reverse.[2]

The response from Americans must be swift and unequivocal: Hands. Off. The internet.

We know the vast majority of Americans -- including 73% of Republicans -- support net neutrality.[3] We just need a fraction of them to get in their congressional members' faces during the August recess to send that message loud and clear.

We know we can do it: We've already had more than 200 meetings and events with officeholders around the country. We've already put up six billboards calling out Big Cable's biggest allies in Congress.

Will you chip in to help fund billboards to stop Congress from killing net neutrality forever?

For the internet,

-Tiffiniy at Fight for the Future

P.S. Check out the photos of the billboards that are up so far!

[1] Politico: http://www.politico.com/tipsheets/morning-tech/2017/08/08/pushback-on-warrens-delrahim-hold-221757

[2] OpenSecrets.org: https://www.opensecrets.org/industries/indus.php?Ind=B

[3] VICE: https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/7x9kyg/most-americans-support-the-net-neutrality-rules-that-trumps-fcc-wants-to-kill

 

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