The Fight to Save Net Neutrality: 1 Million Signatures and Counting

A group of 86 organizations, with the support of more than one million signatures from online petitions, asked the Federal Communications Commission on Thursday to stand up for net neutrality

The coalition, which includes Reddit, the American Civil Liberties Union, Fight for The Future and Free Press, is asking the FCC to reclassify broadband companies such as Internet ISPs and cable providers as "telecommunication services," thus giving the commission the authority to impose net neutrality rules on them.

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"It’s time for the new FCC leadership to correct the agency’s past mistakes and reassert its clear authority over our nation’s communications infrastructure," read a letter signed by the 86 organizations and sent to the FCC on Thursday. "To preserve the open Internet, the FCC must reclassify the transmission component of broadband Internet access as a telecommunications service." Read more...

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