Posts tagged open internet

Don't Let Them Censor the Internet
Josh Levy
November 29, 2011

The Senate will soon vote on a bill that would let big corporations censor websites at will.

The bill — the Protect IP Act, or PIPA (S. 968) — is intended to stop online copyright piracy (just like SOPA, its cousin in the House). But PIPA’s authority is so broad it would give corporations unprecedented power to abuse our Internet freedoms.

A Dangerous Congressional Overreach on Net Neutrality
Megan Tady
March 10, 2011

Free Press Research Director S. Derek Turner testified on Thursday on behalf of the Free Press Action Fund and the SavetheInternet.com coalition before the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.

The Wireless Industry: We’re Different! (When It Suits Us)
Adam Lynn
December 14, 2010

“Wireless is different.”

The Can-You-Hear-Us-Now-a-Thon: Petition Delivery Marathon at the FCC
Misty Perez Truedson
December 13, 2010

We’re running a marathon for the next two days, but this is not your normal 26.2 mile race. This marathon involves hauling at least 50,000 petitions to the Federal Communications Commission in support of real Net Neutrality every hour, on the hour until we’ve delivered all 2 million signatures.

Clyburn Must Rescue Net Neutrality
Megan Tady
December 8, 2010

The open Internet is in clear and present danger, and Federal Communications Commissioner Mignon Clyburn may be our heroine. Will she rescue it?

Reddit Users Stand for Net Neutrality
Eddie Geller
December 6, 2010

A few weeks ago, I posted an article to Reddit.com (one of the Internet’s most beloved social news sites) about the woeful prospects for Net Neutrality. I wrote, “If we want Net Neutrality (or anything else), then we need to demand it.”

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