Protect our right to an open internet!

Protect our right to an open internet!

The Issue

 

This week, the Senate is poised to vote on a "Resolution of Disapproval" which would strip the FCC of its authority to protect our right to free speech online.

This resolution would not just bar the FCC from enforcing its already weak Net Neutrality rule, but would stop it from acting in any way to protect Internet users against corporate abuses. If AT&T, Comcast or Verizon choose to block, slow down or interfere with your Internet connection -- or make it hard or impossible for you to access the sites you want -- you'll have no recourse at all.

We can kill the resolution in the Senate by getting 51 members to stand up for online freedom.

The vote is going to be close. We need every senator to stand up and oppose the corporate takeover of the Internet.

Sign this letter to demand that your senators protect our right to an open Internet, and we will deliver it to their offices in Washington.

 

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Free PressPetition StarterPatton has spent years making an impact as an organizer, campaign manager and consultant. Online and off, his clients have consistently won tough campaigns, raising millions of dollars, driving millions of actions, moving millions of voters, and picking up a couple of Pollie Awards along the way. As a campaigner, he's run legislative races in the middle of nowhere and coordinated government relations efforts for large national advocacy groups. As a consultant, Patton developed media and strategy for Democratic candidates and unions as Senior Strategist at Compass Media Group in Chicago, provided fundraising and advocacy strategy for major nonprofits as Senior Account Executive at Donordigital in Berkeley, and did a fair bit of solo work in those fields. As Senior Campaign Strategist at <a href="http://Change.org" rel="nofollow">Change.org</a>, he can't wait to tie it all together. Patton is a graduate of the University of Chicago. He lives in Oakland with his wife and a pretty awesome puppy.
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The Issue

 

This week, the Senate is poised to vote on a "Resolution of Disapproval" which would strip the FCC of its authority to protect our right to free speech online.

This resolution would not just bar the FCC from enforcing its already weak Net Neutrality rule, but would stop it from acting in any way to protect Internet users against corporate abuses. If AT&T, Comcast or Verizon choose to block, slow down or interfere with your Internet connection -- or make it hard or impossible for you to access the sites you want -- you'll have no recourse at all.

We can kill the resolution in the Senate by getting 51 members to stand up for online freedom.

The vote is going to be close. We need every senator to stand up and oppose the corporate takeover of the Internet.

Sign this letter to demand that your senators protect our right to an open Internet, and we will deliver it to their offices in Washington.

 

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Free PressPetition StarterPatton has spent years making an impact as an organizer, campaign manager and consultant. Online and off, his clients have consistently won tough campaigns, raising millions of dollars, driving millions of actions, moving millions of voters, and picking up a couple of Pollie Awards along the way. As a campaigner, he's run legislative races in the middle of nowhere and coordinated government relations efforts for large national advocacy groups. As a consultant, Patton developed media and strategy for Democratic candidates and unions as Senior Strategist at Compass Media Group in Chicago, provided fundraising and advocacy strategy for major nonprofits as Senior Account Executive at Donordigital in Berkeley, and did a fair bit of solo work in those fields. As Senior Campaign Strategist at <a href="http://Change.org" rel="nofollow">Change.org</a>, he can't wait to tie it all together. Patton is a graduate of the University of Chicago. He lives in Oakland with his wife and a pretty awesome puppy.
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Petition created on November 7, 2011