Sold! To the highest bidder! Tell the FCC: Don’t Let the ISPs Sell Free Speech 24MAI14

THE battle to keep the internet free and open is growing in intensity, and the ACLU is asking all of us to send a message to FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler to protect net neutrality, not to sell it to the highest bidder, to not allow ISPs sell free speech. Click the link to submit your comments, even if you have already submitted comments. We must overwhelm the FCC with our demands that Net Neutrality be honored and protected. 

		Tell the FCC we won't stand for an Internet for sale.

Internet Service Providers want to line their pockets by selling preferential treatment to corporations—all at your expense.

Last week, the FCC proposed so-called ‘net neutrality’ rules that would allow ISPs like Verizon and Comcast to charge more for an Internet ‘fast lane.’

If the FCC rules go through, the Internet is going to be sold to the highest bidder. An Internet ‘fast lane’ will influence our access to news and public debate, and it will weaken our democracy through the manipulation of Internet traffic and free speech.

This is a critical moment for net neutrality. The FCC says they’ll listen to public opinion before they issue their final rules in four months. So the more of our voices they hear, the more likely they’ll hear what we’re saying.

Will you tell the FCC we won’t stand for an Internet for sale?

Profit-seeking broadband providers don’t like to treat everyone equally. Discriminating against competing services or charging more to deliver some content faster than others helps boost their bottom line.

In most markets, Americans have few options for where to get their broadband service. This lack of competition means that ISPs can act as gatekeepers. And you will pay the price. True net neutrality—an open Internet—is the idea that Internet Service Providers must treat all traffic equally. That’s the Internet we know—the one where all voices have an equal shot at being heard.

We can protect the Internet from naked profit seeking. If enough ACLU supporters join force, we can push the FCC to do the right thing and issue rules to preserve the democratic nature of the Internet.

Sign our petition now telling FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler we don’t want an Internet ‘fast lane’ that jeopardizes our access to information.

Thanks for taking action,
Anthony for the ACLU Action team