Hi,
We finally have a chance to reverse the Trump administration’s disastrous
decision to gut net neutrality.
President Biden promised to restore net neutrality, but telecom lobbyists
and Republicans like Ted Cruz have blocked this by preventing the
confirmation of a fully-staffed Federal Communications Commission (FCC).^1
Next month, the Senate will likely vote on the confirmation of Anna Gomez
to the FCC. Gomez is a telecommunications lawyer with 25 years experience,
and her confirmation would create the functional FCC we need to restore
net neutrality. The Senate must stand up to corporate special interests
and quickly vote “Yes” on Anna Gomez.^2
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Demand Progress has been a longtime champion of net neutrality, the idea
that internet service providers like Verizon and AT&T should treat all
content flowing through their cables equally. That means that providers
can’t create “fast lanes,” censor content, throttle traffic, or block
access to their competitor's products.^3
In 2015, the Obama FCC enshrined net neutrality rules with the Open
Internet Order. Then in 2017, Trump’s FCC Chair, Ajit Pai, repealed the
regulations, putting corporate internet providers back in control of what
we can and can’t access online.^3
At first, it looked like the Biden administration would be able to quickly
undo the damage done by the Trump FCC. But the telecom companies and their
allies like Ted Cruz ran a vicious smear campaign that torpedoed Biden’s
first FCC nominee.
We can still save net neutrality, but we need the Senate to confirm Anna
Gomez as the fifth and final FCC commissioner ASAP.
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Thanks for taking action,
Joey and the team at Demand Progress
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Sources:
1. The Verge, “Senate committee approves nominee to break FCC deadlock,”
[ [link removed] ]July 12, 2023.
2. Washington Post, “Biden nominates telecom veteran to FCC in bid to
overcome stalemate,'” [ [link removed] ]May 22, 2023.
3. Slate, “Goodbye, Ajit Pai,” [ [link removed] ]January 20, 2021.
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