by
Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers
Part
5 - People Will Ensure the Internet Serves Us All Equally
The
paths we are on in the courts, Congress and the states are
challenging, but every step this campaign takes builds the political
power of the Internet equality movement. The Internet movement is
never going to give up on its demand for net neutrality, as well as
related issues of equal access to high quality broadband for all, no
matter your level of wealth or income.
We need
to build an Internet for the 21st Century. The reign of FCC Chairman
Ajit Pai will be seen as an era of regression. In the end, we will
strive for the country to recognize access to high quality Internet
is a human right and a public good. Pai’s backward steps will be
used to launch us to an even stronger future where we create a public
broadband system that serves people, not corporate profits. Join our
Internet campaign Protect Our Internet and take action today at
Battle for the Net.
As we
discussed in our radio show with two top experts on Internet issues,
the failure to treat the Internet as a common carrier violates legal
principles going back before the founding of the United States. The
ideas that the mail was a common carrier or that public transit
treated everyone equally are the root concepts for net neutrality. We
need to continue to build power to ensure Internet access is seen as
a human right and a tool of free speech with equal access for all.
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