John,
A federal court just upheld the majority of the FCC's repeal of net neutrality. It's a slap in the face to the millions of Internet users whose voices FCC Chair Ajit Pai ignored when he gutted open Internet protections.
But the ruling had one piece of good news: the FCC cannot block states from passing their own net neutrality laws.1
If we can get even a handful of big states to pass their own net neutrality protections, it will put enormous pressure on the ISPs and Congress to enact net neutrality for everyone. We're building a war chest to launch state-by-state campaigns for net neutrality legislation. Will you donate?
Yes, I'll donate to help save net neutrality.
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State net neutrality bills have been introduced in at least 34 states by both Democrats and Republicans.2
In fact, California's net neutrality bill is one of the strongest net neutrality laws we've ever seen—even stronger than the rules repealed by Pai.3 But Pai's repeal of net neutrality said that states weren't allowed to institute rules on their own—so all these bills were thrown out or blocked.
But now that the courts have overruled the FCC's ban on state action, strong net neutrality laws like California's gold-standard net neutrality bill are back on the table.
If we can get 10 or more states to adopt laws similar to California's, the ISPs will eventually have to treat all of us like they treat those states. Just imagine them trying to apply one set of rules to half the country and another set of rules for the rest of us.
With the courts upholding the repeal of nationwide net neutrality rules, we must take the fight to the states. But running a state-by-state campaign is a huge undertaking. We'll need funds to hire local organizers, run billboards and newspaper ads, send mass text messages, organize protests and petition deliveries, and more.
And Big Cable will be fighting us every step of the way. They spent millions trying to stop net neutrality in California—but we fought them and we won. If we can raise the funds we need, we can beat them again in more states.
Will you donate to our state-by-state campaign to save net neutrality?
For the Internet,
Evan at Fight for the Future
Footnotes:
1. Los Angeles Times: https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2019-10-03/fcc-net-neutrality-ruling-california
2. National Conference of State Legislatures: http://www.ncsl.org/research/telecommunications-and-information-technology/net-neutrality-legislation-in-states.aspx
3. San Francisco Chronicle: https://www.sfchronicle.com/business/article/California-s-net-neutrality-law-survives-federal-14483495.php
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