Hi,

It’s outrageous, but true: More than 500 days into the Biden
administration, the Federal Communications Commission still hasn’t
restored net neutrality.

The reason is simple. Comcast and its Big Cable allies are pushing to
block the Senate confirmation of Biden’s last appointee to the commission,
Gigi Sohn. Without Sohn, the commission is deadlocked 2-2 and unable to
move forward on major policy decisions like net neutrality.

So now net neutrality champions on Capitol Hill are turning up the heat.
They’ve just introduced legislation that would enact the strongest net
neutrality protections we’ve ever had, sending a message loud and clear to
Comcast we are not backing down.^1

[ [link removed] ]We will not rest until we undo the damage done by Donald Trump’s FCC
Chairman Ajit Pai and net neutrality is restored. Will you make a donation
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When Donald Trump appointed former Verizon lawyer Ajit Pai as chairman of
the FCC, he wasted no time killing off the net neutrality rules protecting
the free and open internet.^2

A Biden-appointed FCC commissioner should have been able to reverse Pai’s
actions just as quickly. But with fake grassroots groups, nasty smear
campaigns, and mountains of cash, Big Cable and their allies have managed
to stall confirmation of the fifth tie-breaking vote to join the panel.^3

Sohn is a proven advocate for net neutrality, but this isn’t just about
her. It’s about leaving the FCC tied on every crucial vote 2-2 and unable
to do much of anything.

Without strong net neutrality protections, ISPs like Comcast will be able
to charge unfair fees and prioritize traffic for big corporations while
dumping others on an internet slow lane. We can’t let that happen. That’s
why this net neutrality legislation is so important: to ensure that one
way or another, we will secure a free and open internet!

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Thanks for standing with us,

Tihi and the team at Demand Progress

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Source:
1. The Washington Post, "Democrats plan sweeping net neutrality bill as
FCC majority stalls," [ [link removed] ]July 18, 2022.
2. Slate, "Goodbye, Ajit Pai," [ [link removed] ]January 20, 2021.
3. MarketWatch, "Broadband companies are spending an ‘unseemly amount of
money’ to sink key nominee to FCC, critics allege," [ [link removed] ]April 26, 2022.
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