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theewrites-tf2:

The motion to repeal Net Neutrality has been passed in a 3-2 vote

Before everyone losses their shit, I will like to urge everyone to talk a deep breath and focus on the following:

1: This cannot go into immediate effect.

2: There is still many issues that WILL be addressed by the Congress, Supreme Court, and many other government officials have a current say in the false comments, stolen idenities, denial of public hearings, and many other issues that the FCC did not address.

3: CALL. YOUR. OFFICALS. Do NOT give up, just because the vote has passed, don’t you DARE stop. Make this shit go front-page, make some NOISE.

DO. NOT. STOP.

Fuck outta here with that shit.

plantboy-lester: !!!THIS IS URGENT!!! The FCC is NOT taking the “resist” texts into consideration an

plantboy-lester:

!!!THIS IS URGENT!!!
The FCC is NOT taking the “resist” texts into consideration anymore! CALL 202-418-1000 (aka the FCC) and say your name, state and that you oppose the repeal of net neutrality! This is our only hope!! Share this please

In case you didn’t know ⬆️

You can’t be passive about this guys, this is important.


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Are you 3rd party voters happy?

Trumps goons killed internet freedom.

Still glad you voted for a ham sandwich, Johnson & Jill “WiFi hurts children” Stein?

Same goes for you people that are too ignorant and lazy to vote. You own this as much as anyone.

Thank Illegitimate “President” Trumps Administration for bringing Fascism to the internet. Prepare t

Thank Illegitimate “President” Trumps Administration for bringing Fascism to the internet. Prepare to pay more money to use websites like Tumblr.


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telekinetiics:

just a quick friendly reminder that the closing votefornet neutrality is on december 14th. so call your state representatives. if you can’t do that for any reason, it’s okay. you can still help by texting  “RESIST”  to 50409 and you’ll get a text back from resistbot. from there, you tell it your name, and then address (so it can find your officials) and then you can chose to send a fax to

a)congress
b)house
c)senate
d)president
or
e)governor

after that’s all good and done and you’ve picked your option it’ll have you write a quick little message (or a long one, you can send as many messages as you want) and then the resistbot will fax your messages for you! iprobably don’t need to say this, but once it’s gone, it’s
GONE. we need to do what we can to save it.

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ask-the-egos:

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daisy-duck-official:

IMPORTANT

attention all Officials, all Tumblr users, whoever the fuck you are.

This is severely important.

Ever sit down after a stressful day, watch your favorite youtuber, do commissions, etc.? Well in FOUR DAYS, that can all be taken away very easily. We’re so close yet so *far* from possibly saving the internet, and those who’s lives depend on it. Within this blog, there will be a link to a petition to stop net neutrality from being killed. There are many people who’s jobs are online. online schooling. the internet is extrememly important, and we can’t let the FCC take it away! Instead of just merely liking this post, sign the petition and reblog this post!

>>Here’s the link.<<

GUYS!!


we are so close!!

yet so.. FAR!!

Once again, I beg of you, reblog this post! So many people’s lives are depending on this!

Once again! I PLEAD you! Signal boost the fuck out of this! we need everyone to see it!!! We’re so close yet so FAR!!! If we don’t meet the goal in four/three days(?), then so many people will die and become depressed!!! STOP THE FCC AND SAVE THE INTERNET!

EVERY SIGN COUNTS!!

DO IT

This is very important, please sign!!

Sign it bitchs

It takes you ten seconds, just do it. 

We’re almost there!! Keep it up guys!!

Please! To those who can help, bring awareness and protest!

Cmon guys! We can do it!

I signed!

Writers of the past warned us about letting Big Brother and alike in our lives, either with or without consent for a generous and obvious amount of reasons. Today we have compromised quite a bit with the triangulation of privacy between us, government, corporations, and where the value should be placed at; however, there’s also a great deal in politics that comes with it.

This week Amazon publicly bloomed another interesting idea in terms of delivery and privacy polarization which involved the users receiving his/her goods, with theAmazon Keyservice where the delivery person has access to your home via a kit costing $249.99. This service requires Amazon Prime and the bundle includes a smart lock and a cloud cam to monitor the delivery personnel to your home, which basically translates into Amazondropping your package entering your doors.

Paying to have strangers in your home?


I’ve heard different complains up until now about couriers dropping packages to the front door and eventually getting stolen by someone else. We are talking about packages which cannot fit in the common mail box and are delivered the homeowner aren’t in. Here we have a common problem where there’s data missing in the form of service between the user and the business. But delivering a package without anyone stealing it is more an issue of drop-off timing and setups.

Ever since the internet became widely and commercially available we stepped backwards in terms of privacy rights and user rights. There’s an ongoing battle to protect not only the neutrality of the internet but also the privacy of the user. This is not a confrontation to safeguard what we go online for, it’s a struggle to keep sensible data away from those who might use it against us. Social Security numbers, credit cards information, shopping habits, health status, and so on; the struggle gets more and more intense every time

The extension of 3rd party body into our privacy is now a reality…


In terms of privacy users aren’t helping the cause as they are voluntarily giving up personal information at no cost to online social platforms. Facebook knows a great deal of every user and it crosses such data with other apps like Instagram to provide exact persona and behavior; great amount of data sold to corporations for business purposes comes from platforms like Twitter, Tinder, Snapchat, Youtube . 

By using Amazon Key we remove the last boundary of security we hold by letting strangers in our homes despite being monitored; however, how secure will these locks be? If modern cars can get hacked, how long do you think it’ll take to remotely open a door? But ultimately, how much are you willing to give just to have your package inside your door. Is this all worth it?

action:Hey Tumblr, have a question about net neutrality? We’re hosting an Issue Time right here on

action:

Hey Tumblr, have a question about net neutrality?

We’re hosting an Issue Time right here on Action (@action) on July 12, 2017 with the above panelists who will be here to answer all your questions about net neutrality. ^^^

What’s net neutrality?

Net Neutrality is the principle that the things we do and see online should not be controlled by Internet providers. In 2015, with the help of tech companies, Internet activists, and millions of people (including the Tumblr community!), the US Federal Communication Commission (FCC) adopted strong net neutrality rules with Title II classification. These rules prohibit Internet providers from blocking, censoring, or slowing down sites, and prohibit providers from putting paid prioritization into play—fast lanes for sites that pay, and slow lanes for those who don’t.

Winning the net neutrality fight was a huge feat, but it’s being challenged again. There are new, proposed changes from the newly appointed head of the FCC that could undo the standing net neutrality protections and get rid of a free and open internet. That means you might see your favorite websites slow down, or be forced to pay extra to use certain apps, or be blocked from seeing things that you want to see.

If you want to learn more about net neutrality and how you can help protect it, submit your question(s) right here!

Our Editor-In-Chief Nilay Patel is going to be on a panel of Issue Time to answer questions about net neutrality on July 12th! Submit your questions and learn more this upcoming Day of Action on Wednesday!


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Participate in “Break the Internet” on December 12th, to get Congress to stop the FCC from ending net neutrality.

In the past few weeks there’s been a tremendous surge of opposition to the FCC’s plan. If everyone does as much as they can right now, there’s still a chance to stop it. We need to persuade our members of Congress to oppose this plan.

Here are some concrete things you can do right now:

  1. Call Congress now, if you haven’t already— we need as many calls as possible.
  2. Share the BattleForTheNet campaign to get others to call: share now on FacebookandTwitterwith just a couple of clicks.
  3. Join a protesthappening near you on December 7th. We need you to show up and speak out for net neutrality!
  4. If you run a website, display a prominent alert for the day of action using this code.You just need to embed a bit of javascript in the header of your site, and on December 12 your site will invite users to contact the FCC and Congress. You can also use the Cloudflare apporWordpress plug-in . Or you can also install our Wordpress CatSignal for important announcements in the future.
  5. If you’re a video creator, use our 30 second bumper to explain why net neutrality matters. There are square, vertical, and horizontal versions for you to download here.
  6. Blog about the day of action. Whether you’re a business or a blogger, tell your followers why net neutrality matters to you, and then send us a link. Feel free to adapt this language from the July 12th day of action.
  7. Sharethis videoso that everyone will know what net neutrality is.

Get creative and think about how you can best get your friends, family, or audience to participate in the “Break the Internet” day of action – whether it’s by sharing on Facebook and Twitter, putting something prominent on your site, sending a push notification to your mobile app users, making a video, or anything else you can think of!

There are tons of resources for you to pick and choose from at https://battleforthenet.com/breaktheinternet.

Don’t stop driving traffic to BattleForTheNet.com! We need to keep up the pressure, even after the vote, to make sure Congress does everything it can to stop the FCC from dismantling net neutrality. So if you’re ready to start driving traffic from your site, go for it! And don’t let up. We’re in this for the long haul.

theewrites-tf2:

The motion to repeal Net Neutrality has been passed in a 3-2 vote

Before everyone loses their shit, I will like to urge everyone to talk a deep breath and focus on the following:

1: This cannot go into immediate effect.

2: There is still many issues that WILL be addressed by the Congress, Supreme Court, and many other government officials have a current say in the false comments, stolen idenities, denial of public hearings, and many other issues that the FCC did not address.

3: CALL. YOUR. OFFICALS. Do NOT give up, just because the vote has passed, don’t you DARE stop. Make this shit go front-page, make some NOISE.

DO. NOT. STOP.

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thoughtremixer:

thoughtremixer:

Net Neutrality is in DEEP Trouble

Reposted from Facebook’s PBS Newshour.

Now that I got your attention with this video…

The FCC decided to go ahead with the vote to remove the Net Neutrality rules that the Obama administration set up. 

As you can see, this is what the major ISPs wants to do if they have their way. This can do a few things:

  1. Stiff new innovations, making it harder for smaller companies to compete.
  2. Silence independent voices. 
  3. Potentially putting up a “walled garden” on a wide scale.
  4. Make distribution of information harder for low-income people.

Imagine this website, if you will, only working on Verizon networks while AT&T customers are charged a little extra, or have slower access to the same information.

Remember, your ISP owns content providers and may give top-shelf, VIP treatment to their own things while stiffing everyone else. We need to address this.

Now, some of you may recall earlier this year that John Oliver and a lot of other people, companies (and yours truly) did a rallying cry to tell the FCC to back off the Net Neutrality rules, which resulted in millions of comments on their proposal. 

However, there’s been a few problems… in short, it seems that the FCC chose to not listen due to “inconsistancies”.

Sidenote: Tumblr isn’t the best place to talk “long-form” so if you’re interested in looking at these notes, here are some places to go to.

  1. https://medium.com/@AGSchneiderman/an-open-letter-to-the-fcc-b867a763850a - “ Specifically, for six months my office has been investigating who perpetrated a massive scheme to corrupt the FCC’s notice and comment process through the misuse of enormous numbers of real New Yorkers’ and other Americans’ identities. Such conduct likely violates state law — yet the FCC has refused multiple requests for crucial evidence in its sole possession that is vital to permit that law enforcement investigation to proceed.”
  2. https://twitter.com/BanditRandom/status/933066570741383169 - A twitter thread about how the Wall Street Journal collected someone’s information to sign in FAVOR of Net Neutrality. 
  3. https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2017/09/fake-net-neutrality-comments-at-heart-of-lawsuit-filed-against-fcc/ - “Fake” net neutrality comments at heart of lawsuit filed against FCC

So, what can we do about this?

There are a few things you can do to help slow down this nightmare situation.

You can’t just “like” this note, you have to reblog to spread, but more importantly, you have to TAKE action!

1) Make calls to your representatives - https://5calls.org/issue/defend-fcc-net-neutrality - this website will tell you who to call and an easy-to-follow script so that you know exactly what to say.

2) You can support groups like the Electronic Frontier Foundation and the ACLU and Free Press who are fighting to keep Net Neutrality:

3) You can add a comment to the proposal using John Oliver’s URL at http://www.gofccyourself.com

4) Write a letter to your representative. Not an email, an actual, snail mail letter. 

Let’s all band together and do something about this. Our future of sharing information, building innovation, nurturing voices and creativity depends on your actions now! 

I know it may sound hopeless. Look at when they announced this (you probably didn’t know they announced this on Monday when you’re busy getting ready to for the holiday!). But if we say it with one voice to BACK OFF THE NET, we maybe able to make a difference.

Hi.

I’m the Original Poster and I did my best to keep this brief with sources you can see for yourself.

However, with misinformation being a thing, I decided to amend to this to give you some extra pointers as to why I was specific about these steps and not recommend things like strictly writing to the FCC. 

1) Calling your reps and writing them is more effective than doing it via email. It’s been stated over, and over, and over again. Sadly, letters and phone calls are more effective.

2) Signing a petition canhelp,but without a way to verify you, it can be just as useful as shouting on Twitter (and will they look at Twitter? Nope.) It’s not totally useless, but it will not totally do the job.

See, if the FCC can use “bots” as an excuse (look at the sources in the original post), what makes you think a senator and representatives won’t? This is why “calling your rep” is the first action step and “writing your reps” is the last. 

3) Regardless, the non-profit organizations’ job (the one I posted about) is to spread awareness BEYOND YOUR NETWORK. Think of them as a private army you’re recruiting for this one mission. You can only tell so many people and some of you don’t live in the United States, which makes it even harder! 

4) BTW, you’re not just talking about this on Tumblr, are you? You have to talk to people on your other social networks as well. They are affected by things as well. Don’t want to talk? Post a link to here and let me do the talking for you. 

5) While I have done the research for you, please do your own in conjunction with this. That way, you can be better informed, especially when talking about this to other people.

6) Oh and one more thing since I did neglect this in my last post. I forgot to post the “deadline” - the actual day they will vote. Well…

We have until December 14, 2017!

So, let’s mobilize! Organize! Transform and roll out!

Okay, maybe not the last one…

But make the calls to your reps! Scroll up and do your part, no matter which side you’re on!

P.S. - I also posted examples of how Net Neutrality is helping us in the United States.  

It took me 5 minutes to get through 4 calls, just 5 minutes - it’s easy, even for someone like me with anxiety. Please call your representatives! It’s got a script! Leave a voicemail! LET THEM KNOW!

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andrewszombie:

If you live outside the US YOU CAN STILL ACT to save Neutrality! You can send a message to Ajit Pai directly demanding he and FCC keep Title II regulations that keep the Internet accessible, open, free to everyone WORLD WIDE

[email protected]

[email protected]

[email protected]

[email protected]

[email protected]

What you do TODAY helps determine the future of our Super Information highway

We saved the Internet BEFORE!We can do it again

scythlyven-art:

no-strings-puppet:

archivefullofyoutubers:

Net Neutrality isn’t an American problem. Its Global.

SO you’re in the UK like me. Or the EU in general. High speed internet is a ‘right’ here. We won’t be affected, right?

Right?

Wrong.

If you watch YouTube then you’re in for a world of hurt. Not only will American Youtubers have their uploads strangled, but their viewers will drop off at an alarming rate as people can’t afford the extra and the internet is too slow to watch videos and streams. Less views, less revenue, less money to pay bills.

Even International youtubers will go broke as their American audience drops off. Big Youtubers may still make a living, but everyone else will drop off the platform.

There are far bigger issues at steak here. Censorship, corruption etc, but if you’re reading this you watch YouTube.

Act now or lose it forever. Spread the word to all your fandoms.

Go protest.

https://www.battleforthenet.com

I’ve often wondered what would kill the immortal object that is the Internet, but if anything is gonna do it, this is gonna be it.

This is super imporant. Go to this site and protest. For just a few minutes of your time we could save the internet so please take a second. If you can’t call or email them then share this site around so we can get as many people as possible


I don’t know about the rest of you but I certainly don’t want to lose the internet, let alone lose it because of some Congress shitheads that only care about money

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themediafix:

Breaking news: The D.C. Appeals Court just killed Net Neutrality.

This could be the end of the Internet as we know it. But it doesn’t have to be. 

Tell the FCC to restore Net Neutrality: http://bit.ly/1iOOjoe

they want to make the internet like tv. with channels and paying to get to specific websites and things. net neutrality = not doing that

This impacts every internet user. Please signal boost the hell out of this and sign the petition if you are American

I do not reblog things like this very often, but this affects me both personally and my business as a freelance artist.

In the economy here; cash is already strapped as it is. You bet your ass companies would suck the ever living life out of misc. art sites.

I don’t want it to ever come down to me choosing between groceries or purchasing a new tier package via comcast to be able to access tumblr or DeviantArt (let alone not guaranteeing I’ll even be seen by my customer base since they may not want to pay out their asses either). It doesn’t seem important to most, but I do 90% of my business online entirely.

Please sign up, fight for this and share it with your followers/friends/family and urge them to give them hell as well.

Not writing related, but this is incredibly important. While we pay for service via ISPs, the internet has been a relatively free space where everyone, no matter their income level, is able to connect, access a wealth of information, and express themselves. The Internet has become a major part of our culture as human beings and the notion that ISPs might be able to limit what sites I can access unless I pay them more is utterly sickening. A lot of us are cash strapped as is, and I’d rather not be limited even more by someone else’s greed. Net Neutrality is essential and I hope you guys will understand why it needs to remain.

-Morgan

P.S. Signal boost this if you’re able.

“ limit what sites I can access unless I pay them more”

 limit what sites I can access unless I pay them more

 limit what sites I can access unless I pay them more

 limit what sites I can access unless I pay them more

 limit what sites I can access unless I pay them more

DO YOU WANT THIS? NO?? CLICK THE LINK. REBLOG.

RIP Internet.

Wow is this shit for real


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dinovia-grant:

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bitchasskillua:

This isn’t my type of post but Net Neutrality is so important.

Forget your page’s aesthetic, share this with everyone you know. Without Net Neutrality, the internet itself would change.

Companies would be able to charge websites if they want them to load faster than others on your computer. This means that they would purposefully bottleneck speeds on every website that doesn’t have the funding to pay for it faster speed. There’s NO reason for this. Are you a small business with a website and can’t afford to pay enough to get faster speeds? Too bad. Are you someone with a personal blog? Slow page loading. Do you want to view a website written by a nonprofit organization for your school project? You’ll have to wait until the page loads because, since they’re nonprofit, they can’t afford to pay enough to cable companies so that their page loads faster.

An alternative to this would be having to pay for faster internet. Internet service should be priced by usage, not speed. For home internet, unlimited use isn’t all that expensive so it’s really common. You wouldn’t want to pay extra for more speed.

This would possibly affect the way that the internet works on other devices such as your phone, gaming system, laptop, tablet, etc.

We NEED Net Neutrality.

If a company doesn’t agree with a specific website, they could purposefully limit traffic to their site. This would be censorship, something that nobody likes.

There are many other reason as to why you should protect Net Neutrality.

This is an issue whether you’re a Republican, Democrat, Left-wing, Right-wing, young, old, male, female, rich, poor, etc.

EVERYONE SHOULD ADVOCATE FOR NET NEUTRALITY.

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Guys, also think about he wider costs. Every business, school, hospital, pharmacy, first responder, government service—every single one uses the Internet. So, yes, the individual user will pay more for access, but so will the institutional users. The thing is, the institutional users aren’t just going to eat the increase in costs. They will pass them on to the consumer. They always do.

Education, healthcare, every single product and service, plus your local, state, and Federal taxes, will all GO UP.

Losing net neutrality will affect the cost of every single product and service offered in this country. Every. Single. One.

ravingsofamadpoet:

Remember the last time the FCC nearly killed net neutrality?

Tumblr had this nice big banner at the top of your dashboard alerting any active user about the problem. Guess what has changed since then? Verizon, one of the companies gunning for the death of net neutrality owns yahoo who in turn own Tumblr. Spread the word, tell everyone you can: battleforthenet.com tag posts you see about net neutrality with popular tags so the news spreads.

allurabeauty:

fllorona:

the fact that nobody on my dash is talking about net neutrality is baffling like? if net neutrality is removed, IT WILL AFFECT EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU. the internet will no longer be free, just imagine having to pay a LOT of money to use websites and things like tumblr, google, twitter, youtube, facebook, amazon, instagram, snapchat, skype, discord, gaming services, ALL social media platforms, email, etc. it will completely demolish our internet freedom. imagine the poor artists, bloggers, photographers, and other content creators will be making things into a complete void where nobody will see anything because we wont be able to afford to. you will end up paying a ton of money for slower internet and far less privileges, IF you are able to afford it. we all lose big time with this and nobody seems to care.

call your senator!! this website has a script provided in case you dont know what to say

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