Message from the ACLU:
The Senate just voted to protect net neutrality and reverse the FCC’s decision to cede control of the internet to Big Telecom. This is a truly stunning victory – and one that was only possible because we fought together. Since the FCC voted to dismantle net neutrality in December, hundreds of thousands of activists like you signed the petition, sent messages to their senators, and kept those Senate phones ringing off the hook.
Even a Senate whose leadership is in the pocket of Big Telecom was no match for us. You never gave up, and that made us victorious today.
The House will now face the same choice: listen to their constituents or allow a misguided, illogical decision to threaten access to content online. With the net neutrality rollback set to happen on June 11, we need the House to act swiftly – which means we need to start targeting them now.
Send a message to your representative demanding that they vote to save net neutrality. The vast majority of people in this country – regardless of political party – support net neutrality. And with the Senate now definitively voting to reverse the FCC’s ruling, the pressure on the House is real.
Ronald Newman
ACLU Director of Strategic Initiatives, fighting for the open internet
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