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We can still win back net neutrality after the repeal goes into effect, and here’s how (IMPORTANT)

On June 11th, the net neutrality repeal that the FCC voted on in December will be going into effect. I know that sounds scary, and I bet a lot of you think we’re doomed, but don’t give up hope! Yes, there is a CRA to protect net neutrality that might be passed, but if it doesn’t there are other things we can do. Here’s how we can keep fighting for our free and open internet:

* Get a VPN. These bad boys will make it so that your identity is protected online, you are protected from hackers, and you will still be able to access any website, even the ones ISPS will try to block and throttle!

* Switch to local broadband if you can! The big mean corporations that want net neutrality dead want your cash, they’re greedy as heck. Don’t give them the money! If enough people switch to local broadband and they start to lose business big time, they’ll know how much they screwed themselves over and may feel like bringing nn back would be the way to save their company and gain their reputation back (but we all know that some injuries stay forever. Karma yo.) Not only that but you’d be supporting local businesses and that’s a dope thing to do!!

* Join a protest, but do it PEACEFULLY. I CAN’T STRESS HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO NOT BE VIOLENT. Violence only leads to a worse conflict, people will think we’re a bunch of sjw weirdos and that will be used against us (also violence is just bad as a whole.)

* Go to libraries!!! They’re a good source of information for when you need it!!!

* Save as many things to your computer/phone/etc as you can before June 11th!!! If there’s any information/resources/etc from a site you want/need that you get the feeling might be blocked out/throttled, save it!!! Copy text into notepad or something!! Save images into your photo gallery!!! At least you’ll have it!!

* Keep checking in on what your states are doing!! I believe around 22 different states are trying to create their own laws protecting nn, (and even attempting to sue the FCC I’ve heard?? Someone pls correct me if I’m wrong on that.) And be sure to support those state protections!!

* VOTE FOR PEOPLE WHO SUPPORT NN IN THE MIDTERMS IF YOU ARE OLD ENOUGH TO VOTE!!

* Do NOT stop fighting, they want us to give up, don’t let them have that victory.

* Have hope, be optimistic, but actually partake in the fight, don’t just sit on your butt!! And keep calm yet vigilant.

If anyone knows anything else we can do to help bring back nn, please add onto this!! We can still win in the end!! Even if we are without nn for a while.

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Fake Net Neutrality bills and Strongly Worded Letters

Sooo while we’re still calling for that last vote on the CRA act.  There’s another positive action that we can take.  Also, yes I know we may not get that last vote in time this coming Mon, but it’ll be a long while before you start to see any changes on the internet, so before then, prepare yourself for another fight.  We have time to plan our next move.  (Check out my previous posts under the “net neutrality” tag on this blog to see what else you can do.) 

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I’ve made a point of some of these in previous posts but I wanted to clarify some things.

Some States have taken this opportunity to pass Net Neutrality bills of their own to defy the FCC, and that’s really good.  Real good.  But some states, like South Carolina have very faulty ones.  By faulty, I mean with enough loopholes to get Telecom corps to bypass.  We have to keep those States in mind and spread the word and support them since all or most of their reps are already bought out because again, I stress it’s important that we all stick together and help out. 

If those states, like South Carolina, passes those fake Net Neutrality bills, what’s stopping other states from trying to do the same thing??  Research your reps carefully, and take time to do some research on your States proposed Net Neutrality bill.  Ask if you need help.  The more we get well-written Net Neutrality laws, the better.  And take the time to do some shout-outs to spread the word for States trying to get their own Net Neutrality passed and States trying to fight their fake Net Neutrality laws.  Whether it’s by whatever we have left online, you writing a report about it, or if you’re just telling a friend.  Anything to get the word out.  Don’t let yourselves be censored.  Everyone is in the same boat, if you were in their situation wouldn’t you want others to help out?   

Shout out to Colorado, Hawaii, Montana, Indiana, and I think Missouri for being the next States to give their own Net Neutrality laws! *CLAPS* (If I’m missing anyone, do let me know.)

And shout out to South Carolina again, Sen. Lindsey Graham, Governor Henry McMaster, and Attorney General Alan Wilson, were all bought off by telecom corps.  They got an awful Net Neutrality bill... 

(The first link is South Carolina’s Net Neutrality bill, if your States Net Neutrality bill looks like this, take note of this bill and of Marsha Blackburn’s fake Net Neutrality bill.  Don’t fall for it.)

https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess122_2017-2018/bills/4706.htm

http://empressreborn.tumblr.com/post/169410013679/south-carolina-reps-bought-by-isps

http://empressreborn.tumblr.com/post/169621010339/lindsey-graham-traitor

http://empressreborn.tumblr.com/post/169626826624/alan-wilson-telecom-shill

https://www.postandcourier.com/politics/parkland-high-school-students-snap-back-at-s-c-gov/article_71ac7a92-2854-11e8-84e8-c37a706b1dff.html

(The last link is about Gov. Henry McMasters slandering students for a peaceful protest of the Parkland shooting.  While it may not have anything to do with Net Neutrality, it shows you the kind of character this man has.)

(Credit goes to @empressreborn for providing me links and @timeclonemike for his deconstruction of South Carolina’s fake Net Neutrality bill. )

If you have proof that your reps were bought off; provide their names, office numbers, and links to those proofs and spread the word.  It can be links about an invasion of your privacy or links that they are against Net Neutrality.  We want to make them look bad and pressure them.  But please don’t threaten their families and make sure those links are credible.  We want to win this war without any potential room for repercussions. 

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Of course, some of you are probably thinking, “This wouldn’t be an issue if we just get the CRA act passed and win Net Neutrality for all, right?” well, that seems to be what Evan Greer from FFTF and BFTN seems to be doing.  I’m not slandering these groups.  By all means, we should still support them for helping us win back Net Neutrality.  But they aren’t focused on the threats of fake Net Neutrality bills since their hands are tied at the moment.  So what to do?

1) We need to prepare for the worst.  We need to step up ourselves and not expect them to do all the work for us.  Continue to shout out other States and lend a hand to States facing fake Net Neutrality bills.  But still attempt to email FFTF and similar non-profit groups and ask them to help out your State just to have more people know what’s going on. 

2) Even if we do win Net Neutrality for all, it’s important to remember the people that sold you out, they’re still out there walking scotch-free.  They’re still in that position of power that supposedly “represents“  you.  So remember these bastards and vote them out in November.  All of them.  Don’t be lazy and forget to do it just because you think your life is over without free internet.  If you let them get re-elected, they could very well be bought off again and target this time your-oh say-cell phone service or something.      

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Reminder that a veto from the U.S. president can be overridden if over two-thirds of both The House and Senate are against the veto. Even if the president vetos the net neutrality CRA Congress can still override the veto if enough people in it support net neutrality. CALL CONGRESS. THERE IS STILL HOPE.

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California’s Net Neutrality Bill headed to New York!

I’m a bit late on this news because of finals lol, but on the bright side, the same bill that ISP’s feared from CA SB-822 is making its way to New York.  Let’s support it there and have it make its way to every other state!  It would be a strong statement to Congress that we know what the hell we’re talking about when we say that we want Net Neutrality to stay.  And I’m on board for whatever ISP’s are scared off. 

In the meantime, our best bet right now is to vote out all the politicians who are against Net Neutrality, (so keep it a hot topic, even after the “official” repeal on June 11 or whenever that’ll be since Pai keeps pushing the date back.  Go sign up for a voters registration if you haven’t yet.)  And there are other things we can do too, like raising awareness for fake Net Neutrality bills and keeping track of the politicians who sold us out to big telecoms.   

(Also for those of you in CA, call 916-823-9612 and ask your Senate to vote YES on the SB 822.  It passed all the major preliminaries so all it has to do now is to vote YES to be passed.) 

At this point, I’ll be posting and updating whatever else we can do.  Let’s keep Net Neutrality a hot topic.  It’s not over even after June 11.     

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DON’T KILL YOURSELVES!!

OK, insert the Mewtwo quote “It is what you do with the gift of life that determines who you are.”  Your lives aren’t over.  Say we do lose Net Neutrality.  You can grieve, you can be upset for a while, but definitely don’t kill yourselves.  There’s a lot of you guys that are really getting drastic about this.  Like.  Seriously.  Instead treat yourselves.  Even if we lose the battle (I stress this again), nothing that you had done at this point has been in vain.  Look at this:

-Ajit Pai and his croonies being under investigation

-States passing their own Net Neutrality laws and suing the FCC

-If not States, then mayors are uniting across the U.S to get their cities local Net Neutrality

-86% of Americans are all for Net Neutrality according to that statistic from Dec of last year.

You all made this happen.  You guys made a statement.  Even if they didn’t listen to what we want (But I know they heard us), you all made them scared.    We are the generation that will take up their chairs and undo what our predecessors did.  (But take the time to thank the politicians that have stood with us since Net Neutrality is going to be a hot topic.)       

Second note.  Everyday, our rights are always being threatened.  It’s just now of all times that we’re noticing it.  But in some places moreso than others.  Those people out there have placed their lives on the frontlines for just basic human resources.  Imagine how they feel.  It might seem unfair to use this as a basis for comparison, but for everyone wanting to end themselves...I guess it calls for drastic measures. 

On the last note, politics are a funny thing because (at least in this age we live) someone always finds a way to undo it, no matter how many hurdles placed there.  A lot of people are saying that Net Neutrality, once is gone, cannot come back.  But that doesn’t mean that we can’t implement a system better than Net Neutrality.  I’m not a political expert, but based on the political structures I do know off, there is always a system grounded on similar ideas of another system  (Be it current or in the past).  There was probably something wrong from the very beginning if it was that easy for the FCC to get rid of Net Neutrality.  Don’t close your blogs.  And most certainty, don’t kill yourselves.  You don’t deserve that.

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LET’S FIGHT!  Here are your tools!  Call 858-264-0403

To send a letter to Congress, click here and it’ll take you to battle for the net (and they’ll link you to the same number to call your reps).

https://stopthefcc.net/?source=5DemandProgress

Donations to either Fight for the Future or Demand Progress to crowdfund them in adding pressure to the FCC.

https://donate.fightforthefuture.org/?utm_source=email&utm_campaign=BFTN&tag=newspaper_30rollout&link_id=3&can_id=3c7f4f7677b02d7216f020161f687197&email_referrer=email_349934&email_subject=we-cant-afford-to-lose#page-1

https://secure.actblue.com/contribute/page/demanding?refcode=footer&recurring=12

For finding a protest near you.

https://events.battleforthenet.com/?source=conf

And if you have a website or social media, click here to change your icon and add a banner to show Net Neutrality support. 

https://www.battleforthenet.com/redalert/#join

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1pseCi3ZSuYBIkCgLpthrPF2ss5RSCtCM

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1hNSDkf_rfSX0KEZbdTfIyHOtNQ0VjkN_7YEuotrCRYs/edit?link_id=3&can_id=1ba27d10330c5ba97dcdb8dc6623001a&source=email-this-wednesday-7&email_referrer=email_348841&email_subject=this-wednesday

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Remember! It’s not over yet!  We still have the lawsuit so contact your attorney generals if they hadn’t gotten on suing the FCC!  86% of Americans are all for Net Neutrality.  It has not been forgotten.  So let’s get this trending again.

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