Net neutrality is one of the bedrock principles of the Internet. It means that Internet Service Providers (ISPs) must treat all websites equally. They cannot make it easier load some websites, and more difficult to load others. It's what ensures your ISP can't privilege Fox News over Daily Kos. But net neutrality is not the law of the land, so ISPs can abandon it at any time. In fact, Google and Verizon have proposed that net neutrality be abandoned for the mobile web. And they have proposed other violations of net neutrality which would end the Internet as we know it. We cannot allow this to happen. http://act.credoaction.com/campaign/netneutrality_dkos/index2.html Nothing good is likely to make its way through Congress anytime soon, so Daily Kos is joining with CREDO to urge Julius Genachowski, the Chair of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), to take action. http://act.credoaction.com/campaign/netneutrality_dkos/index2.html Tell FCC Chairman Genachowski to act–don't let corporations write their own rules. Yesterday was the one-year anniversary of Chairman Genachowski's first major speech as head of the FCC, in which he committed to protecting net neutrality. However, despite having the votes on the FCC to pass strong net neutrality rules, Genachowski has avoided taking the necessary action to do so. There's no good excuse for his dithering. The regulatory vacuum his inaction has created set the stage for the Google and Verizon proposal, in which they are attempting to write the rules that would govern their behavior. To see what happens when large corporations write their own rules, we just need look at Wall Street, or the Gulf of Mexico. We can't let that to happen to the Internet, too. We must push Chairman Genachowski to act before it's too late. http://act.credoaction.com/campaign/netneutrality_dkos/index2.html Sign the petition–tell Chairman Genachowski to protect net neutrality.. The Daily Kos community is only possible because of net neutrality. It created the free and open Internet, which allowed netroots activism to flourish. Without net neutrality, it would be impossible for smaller websites, such as ours, to compete. FCC chair Genachowski needs to step up. Join with thousands of others to remind Genachowski to fulfill his promise before it's too late. Make the FCC stop dithering–sign the letter to protect net neutrality now! Save the Intertubes, Joan McCarter, Daily Kos added by: neocongo
