Wednesday, July 12, 2017

Save net neutrality day


  • WHAT IS NET NEUTRALITY?

    Net neutrality is the basic principle that protects our free speech on the Internet. "Title II" of the Communications Act is what provides the legal foundation for net neutrality and prevents Internet Service Providers like Comcast, Verizon, and AT&T from slowing down and blocking websites, or charging apps and sites extra fees to reach an audience (which they then pass along to consumers.)
  • WHY IS NET NEUTRALITY IMPORTANT?

    The Internet has thrived precisely because of net neutrality. It's what makes it so vibrant and innovative—a place for creativity, free expression, and exchange of ideas. Without net neutrality, the Internet will become more like Cable TV, where the content you see is what your provider puts in front of you.
  • WHAT WILL HAPPEN ON JULY 12TH?

    Websites, Internet users, and online communities will come together to sound the alarm about the FCC’s attack on net neutrality. We'll provide tools for everyone to make it super easy for your followers / visitors to take action. From the SOPA blackout to the Internet Slowdown, we've shown time and time again that when the Internet comes together, we can stop censorship and corruption. Now, we have to do it again!

PARTICIPANTS

Below is a list of notable websites, companies, and organizations who have confirmed their participation in the July 12th day of action. The list is broad, and represents a wide range of perspectives and online communities. The one thing all of them agree on: defending Title II net neutrality.

  • Fight for the Future
  • Center for Media Justice
  • Free Press Action Fund
  • Demand Progress
  • Amazon
  • Etsy
  • Kickstarter
  • Netflix
  • Twitter
  • Vimeo
  • GitHub
  • Internet Association
  • Private Internet Access
  • Reddit
  • Y Combinator
  • Mozilla
  • PornHub
  • OkCupid
  • 18 Million Rising
  • 99 Designs
  • AALL
  • accessnow
  • ACLU
  • Action Network
  • Aqcuia
  • Adafruit
  • AdBlock
  • AdBlock Plus
  • Airbnb
  • American Library Association
  • Anchor Free
  • ARL
  • ASBC
  • Ask
  • Allied for Startups
  • Apalon
  • Atlassian
  • Automattic
  • The Authors Guild
  • Bandcamp
  • BestVPN
  • Bigchain
  • BitTorrent
  • BitBucket
  • Bloody Disgusting
  • BoingBoing
  • Brave
  • Burlington Telecom
  • Cash Music
  • CCIA
  • CCMixter
  • Center for Democracy and Technology
  • Change.org
  • Checkiday
  • Checkout
  • Chess dot com
  • CiviCRM
  • Code Academy
  • Color of Change
  • CollegeHumor
  • Common Cause
  • Consumer Reports
  • Consequence of Sound
  • CoWorker
  • CreativeCommons
  • CREDO Action
  • Daily KOS
  • DeviantArt
  • discourse
  • Discord
  • DigitalOcean
  • DigitalWest
  • DFA
  • Dread Central
  • Dream Host
  • Dribbble
  • Dropbox
  • DuckDuckGo
  • EFF
  • Elastic.co
  • Engine
  • ETHNews
  • Expative
  • Experts Exchange
  • Fark
  • FaithfulInternet
  • FiftyThree
  • Flash Routers
  • Foursquare
  • Fractured Atlas
  • freeCodeCamp
  • Free Music Archive
  • Free Software Foundation
  • Funny or Die
  • Fuzzco
  • Generation Justice
  • GNSLtd
  • Greenpeace
  • Harry Potter Alliance
  • Heartmob
  • High Times
  • Hollaback
  • i2coalition
  • IAC Applications
  • Internet Creators Guild
  • iFixit
  • Imgur
  • INCOMPAS
  • Internet Archive
  • IPDB
  • IPFS
  • IPVanish
  • Jamendo
  • Keep Our Net Free
  • Kink.com
  • Kip
  • Lookfar
  • Linode
  • LibertyVPS
  • MAG-Net
  • Magnetic
  • March for Net Neutrality
  • Mitu
  • ManyVids
  • Media Alliance
  • Media Mobilizing Project
  • Medium
  • MetalSucks.net
  • Michael Trimm Show
  • MightyAI
  • Minds
  • MomsRising
  • MoveOn
  • Mpower Change
  • Main Street Alliance
  • Namecheap
  • The Nation
  • NARAL
  • NCAC
  • NDIA
  • Newgrounds
  • NewMode
  • National Hispanic Media Coalition
  • Noiseaware
  • Next Door
  • OFA
  • Open Democracy
  • Open Media
  • Open Technology Institute
  • Opera
  • Our Revolution
  • Optimizely
  • OReilly Media
  • Open Software Initiative
  • Open Source Initiative
  • The Other98
  • Palantir
  • Pantheon
  • Patook
  • Patreon
  • Popular Resistance
  • PornMD
  • Progressive Change Campaign Committee
  • Pilot
  • Pinterest
  • Proton Mail
  • Plays.tv
  • Priceonomics
  • PrivacyToolsIO
  • PLOS
  • Pluralsight
  • Public Knowledge
  • Race Forward
  • Race Forward
  • Redfin
  • RedTube
  • Rent the Runway
  • Rock the Vote
  • Shapeways
  • Simple InOut
  • SingleMusicCo
  • Slashdot
  • Slickdeals.net
  • Slimware
  • Sonic
  • Sonos
  • SongMeanings
  • SourceForge
  • SoundCloud
  • Sovrn
  • Spotify
  • Stack Overflow
  • StartMail
  • StartPage
  • SurfEasy
  • Tastemade
  • Tanaza
  • That One Privacy Site
  • ThinkGeek
  • Ting
  • TeamSnap
  • TechGage
  • TechNYC
  • Top10VPN
  • Trello
  • Tumblr
  • TunnelBear
  • Twilio
  • Urban Dictionary
  • USDAC
  • USV
  • VentureBeat
  • Vice Impact
  • Vidme
  • Vivaldi
  • Voqal
  • USV
  • Wakatime
  • Wanderu
  • Weebly
  • Witness
  • Women's March
  • World Wide Web Foundation
  • Working Narratives
  • Writers Guild of America East
  • Writers Guild of America West
  • YouPorn
  • Yelp
  • Zapier
  • ZenMate

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