Hi,

Everything changed yesterday in the fight to save net neutrality.

A federal court ruled that the FCC’s 2017 decision to overturn net neutrality was legally flawed in key respects. It said the agency could not prevent states from enacting their own open internet legislation -- but the court did not reverse the order entirely.

In light of yesterday's decision, it's more urgent than ever that all 2020 candidates pledge to restore strong net neutrality protections.

Demand Progress has been helping to lead an effort to get candidates to raise this crucial issue in public debate and commit to protect a free and open internet, including by rejecting campaign contributions from Big Cable. Will you help build the movement?

Sign the petition: Tell all presidential candidates to pledge to restore strong net neutrality protections and to reject contributions from Big Cable.

There is huge, growing momentum behind this pledge. It has been backed by nearly 20 netroots groups and nearly 170,000 people have signed on to demand that presidential candidates take the pledge.

Our pledge is both bold and specific. It asks candidates to restore net neutrality and reject contributions from phone and cable company executives, lobbyists, and PACs. It highlights the need for the FCC to prohibit ISPs from using harmful zero-rating practices and interconnection agreements to circumvent net neutrality.

Since the repeal of net neutrality, we’re already seeing alarming reports of internet providers slowing online services.1 If net neutrality is not restored, the public will lose the ability to access sites, run small businesses, and tell the stories too often ignored by the mainstream media.

The next president has the ability to restore crucial open internet protections. But Big Cable is trying to prevent that by using its money to influence the election.

Our ability to connect and communicate is at stake. We need to get every presidential candidate on record for a free and open internet and insist they reject AT&T, Comcast and Verizon’s money. Will you help?

Add your name: Tell all presidential candidates to pledge to restore net neutrality and to reject contributions from Big Cable.

Thank you for fighting for net neutrality.

-Robert

Sources:
1. Bloomberg News, "Wireless Carrier Throttling of Online Video Is Pervasive," August 19, 2019.

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