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How Net Neutrality will Recede Post-April 23d, 2018 (UPDATED)

The Following text is copied from the thread of the official twitter of fightforthefuture.org:

@fightfortheftr (April 19, 2018): There have been a lot of inaccurate reports that the FCC’s repeal of #NetNeutrality will officially go into effect next week on April 23rd. That’s not true. It’s a bit more complicated than that. Ready? Here we go:

Its understandable many journos are confused by this. It’s legitimately confusing. The FCC order said it would go into effect 60 days after publication in the Federal Register, which would have been April 23rd. But, it still has to be approved by the Office of Management & Budget.

There was another FCC filing in the Federal Register that would imply the earliest the OMB could approve this (and its worth noting that approval is basically just a technicality) is actually April 27th, but its likely to happen some time after that, possibly even weeks after.

The most important thing for EVERYONE to understand is that nothing catastrophic or dramatic is going to happen immediately when the FCC rules go into effect. Telecom shills will immediately start saying “See? The sky didn’t fall, we never needed #NetNeutrality." 

They’re lying.

The ISPs aren’t going to immediately start blocking content or rolling out paid prioritization scams. They know Congress and the public are watching them. Rather, the death of #NetNeutrality will be slow and insidious. You might not even notice it at first.

And that’s the worst part. What will happen is over time ISP scams and abuses will become more commonplace and more accepted. They’ll roll out new schemes that appear good on their face but undermine the free market of ideas by allowing ISPs to pick winners and losers.

Over time we’ll see less awesome startups. Less awesome videos. Less diverse online content. And we’ll see more content that our ISPs want us to see. The Internet will be watered down and manipulated. It will change forever in ways that harm our democracy. 

But it will take time.

So: don’t fall for ISP lobbyists talking points. They’re ALREADY claiming that #NetNeutrality was never needed since the sky hasn’t fallen, and the rules haven’t even gone into effect. But also don’t panic. The Internet is not going to die next week. Keep calm and keep fighting.

The Senate will vote in a matter of weeks on a Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution to block the FCC’s repeal. Now is the moment to get engaged.

Everyone: take action at http://BattleForTheNet.com

Small businesses: sign this letter http://BusinessesForNetNeutrality.com

Retweet & spread!

@ineeddiversegames @poc-creators @weneeddiversebooks

The GitHub Blog (April 23, 2018)

Congressional Review Act statutory time frames

Dates Congress has been in session

Dates the Senate is scheduled to be in session

Other Contact Websites

EFF Action Center

Check Your Reps

DailyDot (April 26, 2018)

As the net neutrality CRA deadline in Congress approaches, support continues to grow

Fight For the Future (April 30, 2018)

Senate will officially “discharge” the Congressional Review Act (CRA) petition on May 9th to force vote

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Guess who back

Me. It's been years. Hiya!

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Snoop Dogg narrating planet earth is what the world needs

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We’re not saying it’s going to catch on, but when Stephen Curry takes his crossover right to left, and your whole body gets all twisted-up trying to defend that…“you just got pretzeled” seems accurate.

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#i love that their solution is just to beat the shit out of it

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I was offered sex today by a 26 year old man. in exchange of that I was supposed to advertise some kind of bathroom cleaner on my tumblr. of course i declined because of my morals and strong will power. which is just as strong as ajox. the super strong bathroom cleaner. now avaliable scented with lemon or vanilla.

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This cat kinda sounds like the guy in the video where he’s sinking in the canoe and he keeps says “Sarah help me”

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i made my own

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These stunts aren’t as easy as they look. Go behind-the-scenes with the cast of Shannara for a look at their narrow escape from Pykon.

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Source: jeremylenzo

Photo by Mike Wilson

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Picture by Jeannette Katzir

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Gray Wolf by Lynn Chamberlain

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