Net Neutrality Legislation

From FreePress.net, quoted in full:

A new Net Neutrality bill was just introduced in Congress.

President Obama has repeatedly called for Net Neutrality. A pro-Net Neutrality chairman is now heading the FCC. Public support has never been greater.

The time has come to make Net Neutrality the law once and for all. Congress introduced the Internet Freedom Preservation Act of 2009 (H.R. 3458) to give you control over the future of the Internet.

Now, it's your turn to get involved.

Tell Congress: Pass Net Neutrality Legislation Now

Congress needs to know right now that Americans want them to pass Net Neutrality legislation. It's easy to do. Just click on the link above and sign the Net Neutrality petition. It will be delivered to your elected officials immediately.

Since we began our campaign, more than 1.6 million people have told Washington that we must make Net Neutrality the law. More than 850 organizations have signed on to the SavetheInternet.com Coalition, including every major consumer group, progressive and conservative leaders, small businesses and unions, bloggers and librarians.

Giant phone and cable companies still think they can squash our movement -- and over the past six months alone, they have hired 500 lobbyists in Washington to try to stop this bill. Companies like AT&T, Time Warner Cable, Comcast and Verizon are still trying to control the Internet.

Congress can't afford to wait any longer: As all media move online, the phone and cable companies see your high-speed Internet connection as their new source of revenue, and they're now scrambling to kill Net Neutrality so they can inspect and filter content and overcharge you for using the Web in ways they don't like.

The Internet Freedom Preservation Act of 2009 will stop them. And it's up to you to tell your members of Congress to side with the public -- not with the corporate lobbyists -- and take a final stand for an open Internet:

Help Us Send 2 million Messages to Congrass for Net Neutrality

Now is the time to show our elected officials that millions of people believe that it's our Internet, and we're willing to fight for it. Thank you for taking action!

Timothy Karr
Campaign Director
Free Press
www.freepress.net
www.SavetheInternet.com

P.S. Stay tuned to SavetheInternet.com for updates as we push the "Internet Freedom Preservation Act" through Congress. Today, you can sign the petition, and then use Facebook and Twitter to tell your friends to join the fight.

3 August 2009