Protect the Internet

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That could be the future of the internet. What? How? Why?

The Federal Communications Commission is voting to keep or limit “net neutrality” on February 26^th, 2015. Net neutrality is the idea that no company can pay, or be required to pay, an Internet Service Provider (I.S.P.) more to deliver their content faster to users like you and me.

For example, with net neutrality Youtube cannot pay an I.S.P., like Comcast or Verizon, to be in an “internet fast-lane” so that their video will load quicker than your tumblr. blog.  

            While on the surface the issue of net neutrality can appear trivial, but that is far from the case. Threatening net neutrality also threatens entrepreneurship and limits freedom of speech.

“Who gets to go fast and who gets to go slow? If my message comes to you really slowly, another person’s message comes quickly and directly. Who’s going to be heard? That has implications for democracy, for commerce,” said media columnist David Carr in a New York Times video.

            If net neutrality was taken away, start-up companies, non-profits and other small businesses would not have the money to pay for “fast-lane” access.

            Click here to sign the ACLU petition and make your voice heard to the F.C.C.