#net freedom

[sanderssidecanons]

Well, in case you didn’t know, Article 13 got approved, and I’m honestly on edge since yesterday.

It’s not over yet of course, people are very angry and won’t just stand for that, but we will see what we can do.

[cruciferousjex]

An update on the fight for the free and open internet (from reddit)

Hi All,

If you spent any time on Reddit last week, you may have noticed a common theme in the posts on your front page, so we wanted to take a moment to recap what’s happened so far in the fight for net neutrality, underscore how important this issue is to Reddit, and share how we plan to continue to stand up for an internet that remains open and free.

On Tuesday, FCC chairman Ajit Pai announced his intention to vote on a full rollback of the 2015 net neutrality rules. While the pre-Thanksgiving timing of the announcement might have helped the news sneak by over the holidays, you all have helped prevent that from happening. Aside from ensuring that net neutrality was discussed IRL around Thanksgiving tables across the country, you brought the conversation about the open internet to almost every community on the site, from r/dataisbeautiful to r/trashpandas. You’ve made high-quality gifs, flooded the meme market, explained the issue to people who are out of the loop, and given a history of why net neutrality rules are essential.

In just one week, you made 50,000 unique posts and over 350,000 comments related to net neutrality, generating over 21 million votes. While Tuesday’s news hits close to home, we are grateful that the Reddit community cares just as much about net neutrality as we do at Reddit HQ.

As many of you know, the FCC’s vote will happen on December 14 and is expected to pass. However, the vote is also expected to be challenged almost immediately in court, likely kicking off a long process that will take years to work through. During this time, Congress will likely try to legislate a fix. As a still-small company that owes its existence to net neutrality’s giving us a fair chance in the marketplace, we will take every opportunity to share our perspective and give constructive input to this process. The data says that Americans don’t see this as a partisan issue, and neither do we.

Most of the activism right now is focused on driving messages to Congress and the FCC before December 14 (including a protest in DC the day before the vote). The FCC has received a record 22 million comments on net neutrality but has indicated they have not reviewed comments that don’t introduce new facts into the record or make serious legal arguments. Additionally, they believe a number of the comments are fake. While we are unlikely to change the FCC’s decision, we encourage you to follow Commissioner Rosenworcel’s suggestion and continue to “make a ruckus” to let the FCC hear your individual stories on the importance of net neutrality.

A few months ago, u/kn0thing asked you to leave comments explaining why net neutrality is important to you, and thousands of you delivered. Today, we’re asking you again to leave personal stories that we can use in the battle ahead. When we shared these stories with members of Congress this past July, we saw firsthand how effective they are at humanizing an issue that is too often perceived as an abstract battle between big corporate interests.

We will continue to share these personal testimonials with more members of Congress, with the media, and potentially file them in court briefs. Our goal in this effort is to keep the personal dimension of the open internet top of mind for everyone who wants to repeal net neutrality. We know how powerful redditors banding together for a common cause can be, so our focus will continue to be on amplifying your voices, from Capitol Hill to — if it comes to it — the Supreme Court.

So, please tell us in the comments:

How would your life change if internet service providers started blocking or throttling certain internet traffic, or creating paid prioritization channels for certain content?

Include as much detail as you feel comfortable sharing. Generally, the more specific, the better. Mentioning your state and Congressional representative is especially useful.

Thank you.

[gnowwho]

EU Copyright reform is your problem too

Since it has been far unrepresented I found myself obliged to speak about this.

We were all concerned about net neutrality because charging different area of the net in different ways, and filtering people data would have been bad, and that was about USA.

Now we are talking about something far worse and about the WHOLE WORLD, NOT JUST EUROPE.

let's face it: Europe is a big fucking market, no great internet platform would even dream of ceasing to be open to European citizens. But to do that they must bend to the new regulations, which would change everything about how the internet works, and how content is spread.

The two main articles that are being opposed by the few informed are the 11th and 13th:

Those articles are going to force internet platforms (so social media, cloud servers providers, and so on) to get the responsibility of copyright infringement over their platform, instead of users, as it is now. This will force media platforms to enable aggressive automatic filtering of content to make sure none of it violates copyrights, wiping away ton of legitimate content, as well as copyrighted material used under a fair use permission.

This will destroy Youtubers, Independent content creators, even stupid memes or just the post about Disney princesses that everyone reblogs at least once.

In addition, the new regulations will force platforms to stipulate a contract (paying money) to show thumbnails and titles of whatever shared content instead of just the plain link. This is going to penalise information and legitimate news sources (which are more likely to want their professional work to be paid), while promoting clickbaits and fake news spread (since an incel in his basement doesn't have to pay money to create some lie out of nowhere, so he's not gonna make platforms pay the thumbnails)

Here is a far more appropriate place to inform yourself: https://juliareda.eu/eu-copyright-reform/

If you're European contact your representatives! The link I put up here will guide you about how to do that.

If you're not, SPREAD IT LIKE WHATEVER YOU LOVE TO SPREAD LIKE A LOT.

This is so important for everyone, I'm dead serious: this could make an impact so big and so bad that e don't even imagine.

There's still little time left: the votations will be on the 5th of July. Make yourself heard!

[tumblingxelian]

Battle For The Net Video Bumper from FFTF on Vimeo.

[themediafix]

President Obama called for a free and open Internet in last night's State of the Union, once again throwing his weight behind real Net Neutrality.  Today, hearings in the House and the Senate take up the issue — with new legislation on the table designed to stall the FCC from taking action. You can follow along here: http://bit.ly/1BCAOEs

[themediafix]

Word has leaked that FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler is building a new Frankenstein proposal that's not Net Neutrality.

The plan is convoluted with too many of the huge problems we've been protesting against all year.

Tell the FCC: No Frankenstein Net Neutrality.

[themediafix]

Don't miss this important event!

The fight for real #NetNeutrality happens tonight (Oct. 27) in Brooklyn. Learn more here.

[themediafix]

Obama’s Net Neutrality Statement Was Bigger Than You Think