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Heads Up — Your Internet Freedom is Threatened

30 Thursday Nov 2017

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Freedom on the Internet is Under Attack.
They want to end net neutrality to control & tax the Internet.

FROM —Electronic Frontier Foundation
In a new proposal issued last week, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) set out a plan to eliminate net neutrality protections, ignoring the voices of millions of Internet users who weighed in to support those protections. The new rule would reclassify high-speed broadband as an “information service” rather than a “telecommunications service”. It would then eliminate the rules against blocking, throttling, and pay-to-play. In other words, your ISP would be free to set itself up as an Internet gatekeeper.
READ ARTICLE: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2017/11/lump-coal-internets-stocking-fcc-poised-gut-net-neutrality-rules

Net neutrality is the principle that Internet providers like Comcast & Verizon should not control what we see and do online. In 2015, startups, Internet freedom groups, and 3.7 million commenters won strong net neutrality rules from the US Federal Communication Commission (FCC). The rules prohibit Internet providers from blocking, throttling, and paid prioritization—”fast lanes” for sites that pay, and slow lanes for everyone else.

CONTACT YOUR REPRESENTATIVES

TAKE ACTION: https://www.battleforthenet.com/

PETITION: http://act.freepress.net/letter/internet_faces_nprm_nn/?source=voices

“Ending net neutrality would be a major victory for ISPs such as Verizon, Time Warner Cable, Comcast, AT&T, Altice, and Charter.
Under the proposed rule, some sites could load more slowly at the discretion of your ISP — if at all.” — FROM BUSINESS INSIDER
READ MORE http://www.businessinsider.com/net-neutrality-fcc-ajit-pai-trump-plan-meaning-2017-11

Why An Open and Free Internet is Necessary to freedom of Speech

Nov. 22, 2017: On Wednesday, Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai released his draft order to completely eradicate Net Neutrality.
https://www.freepress.net/blog/2017/11/22/fccs-order-out-weve-read-it-and-heres-what-you-need-know-it-will-end-net-neutrality

According to reports, the FCC will vote on Dec. 14 to destroy Net Neutrality and allow for online discrimination.
Here are seven steps you can take right now to save the internet:
https://www.freepress.net/blog/2017/11/22/seven-things-you-can-do-right-now-save-internet

https://www.freepress.net/blog/2017/11/29/movement-stop-chairman-pai-breaking-internet

https://www.freepress.net/blog/2017/11/28/schooling-chairman-pai-net-neutrality-myths-vs-facts

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2017/11/fcc-contemplates-repealing-net-neutrality-protections-indian-telecom-regulator-1

INFO GRAPHIC FROM: https://www.vpnmentor.com/blog/save-date-save-net-neutrality/

Vote by House tomorrow on Online Privacy

27 Monday Mar 2017

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FROM — ELECTRONIC FRONTIER FOUNDATION

VOTE TOMORROW – IN THE HOUSE
CONTACT to oppose S.J. Res 34, the CRA resolution to repeal the FCC’s privacy rules.
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This is our last chance to keep Congress from stripping away crucial online privacy protections. Call your representatives now and tell them to protect federal privacy rules.

Your Internet service provider knows a lot about you: the webpages you visit, the things you purchase, the people you talk to, and more. Last year, the federal government updated rules to ensure that the companies that act as gatekeepers to the Internet can’t compromise your privacy to make a profit. Those rules were a huge win for consumers and are set to go into effect this year.

But Congress—along with the ISPs looking to make more money off of their customers—is trying to change that. The Senate voted 50-48 to pass a measure last week that would repeal those rules, and the House is scheduled to vote tomorrow.

Because Congress is using a little-known tool called a Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution, it would also effectively prohibit the FCC from creating similar privacy rules in the future. That could leave consumers without a federal agency to protect them against privacy invasions by their ISPs.  READ MORE

And it’s not just following you around the Internet to sell your browsing records to advertisers that we’re worried about. If Congress repeals these rules, ISPs will be able to do things like hijack your Internet searches to redirect you to advertisers’ pages, show you additional ads, and use supercookies to track you even when you’re using pro-privacy settings like Incognito mode.

Let our representatives in Congress know that they can’t put ISPs’ profits ahead of their constituents’ privacy. Call your lawmakers today and tell them to oppose S.J. Res 34, the CRA resolution to repeal the FCC’s privacy rules.

NPR Article

5 ways Cybersecurity will suffer is Congress Repeals FCC Privacy Rules

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California bill AB 1671would criminalize publishing undercover video footage provided by whistleblowers.

23 Tuesday Aug 2016

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California bill AB 1671would criminalize publishing undercover video footage provided by whistleblowers.

“The bill would criminalize publishing undercover video footage of ‘health care providers’ and subject third parties, including journalists, to penalties for reporting and distributing the illegally recorded footage.” —  Jon Rappoport

The film Vaxxed could be outlawed in California, if this bill passes
California bill AB 1671
https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1671

FROM — https://jonrappoport.wordpress.com/2016/08/22/the-film-vaxxed-could-be-outlawed-in-california-if-this-bill-passes/

“Let’s see, Mr. Reporter. You received an undercover recording of a medical researcher confessing his crimes. You posted the recording and wrote about it. You’re the one who is guilty of a crime. Next case!”

READ THE COMPLETE ARTICLE HERE

FROM — http://www.thelibertybeacon.com/film-vaxxed-outlawed-california-bill-passes/
“It appears criminal penalties could be applied to anyone who posts the videos and comments on them, online. Not just reporters. And surely, audio recordings, as well as videos, would be banned.”

SUMMARY:  
Makes it a crime to intentionally disclose, distribute, or attempt to disclose or distribute, in any manner, and for any purpose, the contents of a confidential communication after illegally obtaining it.
FROM — http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/15-16/bill/asm/ab_1651-1700/ab_1671_cfa_20160418_093244_asm_comm.html

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