Hi—Today is net neutrality’s big
day in court. I just wanted to make sure you saw Evan's important email below.
From:
Net Neutrality Defense Team
<team@fightforthefuture.org>
Date: Fri, Feb 1, 2019, 6:46 AM
Subject: Re: The return of net neutrality
Subject: Re: The return of net neutrality
Net neutrality is finally
about to get its day in court.
Today, a federal court will begin
hearing arguments that the FCC acted unlawfully in repealing net neutrality.
Fight for the Future is mobilizing public support to give the case its best
chance of success.
Pai and the FCC are being sued by
more than 20 state attorneys general, tech companies like Mozilla, and others
for arbitrarily repealing the Open Internet Order, despite widespread
opposition from across the political spectrum.1
You see, when a government agency
changes a major rule like net neutrality, it is required to show that they have
a good reason and consult with the public. They can't just change the rules to
help big campaign donors or their former employers.
But in the case of net
neutrality, that's exactly what happened. Ajit Pai ignored overwhelming expert testimony, mountains of
evidence, small business owners, veterans, and millions of public comments in
favor of net neutrality and pushed through the repeal anyway.2
The impending court date isn't
the only bad news Pai got this week. When the FCC chair defended his repeal of
the Open Internet Order, his most-repeated argument was that net neutrality
rules stopped Big Cable from investing in broadband network infrastructure. But
in reality, in the first year after the repeal of net neutrality, Comcast,
Charter, and Verizon actually invested less
than in the year before.3
We need to rally public
support to give the lawsuit its best chance at success. We know that public opinion has had an influence on the courts
before, like on marriage equality. In this case, public support is directly
relevant, since the FCC blatantly ignored the result of the public comment
period when it unlawfully rammed through the repeal of net neutrality.
That's why it's so critical
that we keep up the public drumbeat for the free and open Internet.
This could be our best chance to save net neutrality. Will you donate today?
Footnotes:
1. CNET: https://www.cnet.com/news/no-delay-for-net-neutrality-lawsuit-in-spite-of-government-shutdown/
2. Broadcasting & Cable: https://www.broadcastingcable.com/news/net-neutrality-docket-pushes-past-22-million-comments-168317
3. Ars Technica: https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2019/01/sorry-ajit-comcast-lowered-cable-investment-despite-net-neutrality-repeal/
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