Net Neutrality Alert

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Net neutrality is the principle that Internet service providers treat all data on the Internet the same, and does not discriminate or charge differently by user, content, website, platform, application, type. Contact your US Senator and show your support for Digital Democracy = Net Neutrality

Everyone from all over the US appears to agree they don't want their cable company to control what they see online.

The Federal Communications Commission has acted recklessly by moving to repeal Net neutrality and has sparked an unprecedented backlash.

#CITYIMAGES is calling on US Congress to stop the FCC and save net neutrality.

Senate Democrats vote with 3 Republicans to kill FCC rule that scrapped Obama-era net neutrality requirements. Republicans opposing the move call it "political theater." Senate backs effort to restore 'net neutrality' rules https://apnews.com/17416de4fc44429abff240499f79da40

The Senate delivered a rebuke to the Trump administration when all Democrats and three Republicans voted to reinstate net-neutrality regulations that the FCC scrapped last year. Senate to Trump: Back Off Your Bid to End Net Neutrality https://thebea.st/2L2t6LP?source=twitter&via=desktop

Senators try to force a vote to halt the FCC's recent repeal of net neutrality rules. Enacted in 2015, it prevents Internet service providers from slowing legal traffic or charging for faster delivery of some content.

These are set to be replaced on June 11 by a set of lighter-touch regulations passed five months ago by the GOP-led FCC.