(freepress) — Here’s Shute’s Net Neutrality story: “The internet has become the landline telephone service of yore. It’s the primary communications vehicle for conveying and receiving information today. Its free access and unfettered, un-manipulated content are essential for a vibrant democracy. Stripping Net Neutrality would turn the internet into a cable-television model — a pay-to-play scenario where those with means receive and/or deliver access and content and those without stay without.”
We’re at a critical moment in the fight for Net Neutrality.
The FCC is expected to vote on Chairman Ajit Pai’s plan to destroy the open-internet rules at its Dec. 14 meeting. Our people power is the only thing that can stop the agency from killing Net Neutrality.
We need to tell our members of Congress how eliminating the Title II rules will harm us. And we need to push these lawmakers to put pressure on Pai.
Team Internet, a grassroots-activism campaign coordinated by Demand Progress, Fight for the Future and Free Press Action Fund, was launched last summer to do just that. From lobbying on Capitol Hill to organizing in-district meetings to posting their Net Neutrality stories online, Team Internet activists are making their voices heard.
Kathy Bradley, Anne Dachowski and Daryl Shute are among the hundreds of people who posted their Net Neutrality stories. I spoke with the three of them to learn how they became activists, what inspires them to fight for social change, and what role a free and open internet plays in their lives.’
Click to continue reading. By Alison Brzenchek – November 16, 2017