{"id":7165,"date":"2017-12-15T13:22:49","date_gmt":"2017-12-15T21:22:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/?p=7165"},"modified":"2017-12-15T13:23:05","modified_gmt":"2017-12-15T21:23:05","slug":"net-neutrality-fight-not-groups-launch-internet-wide-campaign-pushing-congress-overrule-fcc-vote","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2017\/12\/15\/net-neutrality-fight-not-groups-launch-internet-wide-campaign-pushing-congress-overrule-fcc-vote\/","title":{"rendered":"Net Neutrality Fight ‘Not Over’: Groups Launch Internet-Wide Campaign Pushing Congress to Overrule FCC Vote"},"content":{"rendered":"
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December 14, 2017\u00a0<\/span><\/span>by Common Dreams<\/a><\/div>\n
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“The internet has given ordinary people more power than ever before. We’re going to fight tooth and nail to make sure no one takes that power away.”<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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by\u00a0Jake Johnson, staff writer<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\""Now“Now every member of Congress will have to go on the record and decide whether to stand up for the free and open internet or face the political consequences of awakening its wrath in an election year,” said Fight for the Future in a statement. (Photo: Fight for the Future)<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

The Republican-controlled FCC\u00a0voted along party lines<\/a>\u00a0on Thursday to repeal net neutrality, but open internet defenders are urging the public to not be swayed by the proliferation of “net neutrality is officially dead” headlines\u2014the fight is “not over<\/a>,” they say.<\/p>\n

“The backlash to the FCC’s attack on the Internet has reached a boiling point.”
\n\u2014Fight for the Future<\/p>\n

Just hours after the FCC’s vote, the coalition of activist groups behind Team Internet and\u00a0BattlefortheNet.com<\/a>announced the launch of “a massive internet-wide campaign” calling on members of Congress to overturn the FCC’s move by passing a Resolution of Disapproval under the Congressional Review Act (CRA), which only requires a simple majority in the House and Senate.<\/p>\n

The CRA gives Congress the power to review newly passed regulations and overturn them through a joint resolution.<\/p>\n

“Think of it as a double negative,”\u00a0explained<\/a>\u00a0Free Press’s Dana Floberg. “If we repeal Pai’s repeal, we could end up right back where we started\u2014with strong Net Neutrality rules.<\/p>\n

Fight for the Future (FFTF), one of the groups that helped launch the campaign to nullify Pai’s plan, said in a\u00a0statement<\/a>\u00a0on Thursday that “lawmakers cannot hide from their constituents on this issue.”<\/p>\n

“The backlash to the FCC’s attack on the Internet has reached a boiling point,” FFTF observed. “Now every member of Congress will have to go on the record and decide whether to stand up for the free and open internet or face the political consequences of awakening its wrath in an election year.”<\/p>\n

As\u00a0Common Dreams<\/em>\u00a0has\u00a0reported<\/a>, the American public overwhelmingly supports net neutrality. FFTF argues that now, more than ever, Americans must place pressure on their representatives to do the same.<\/p>\n

“The internet has given ordinary people more power than ever before,” FFTF concluded. “We’re going to fight tooth and nail to make sure no one takes that power away.”<\/p>\n

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