Fight for the Future

Comcast Threatens Legal Action Against Net Neutrality Proponents

“This is exactly why we need Title II net neutrality protections that ban blocking, throttling, and censorship,” said Evan Greer, campaign director of Fight for the Future.(AP/Matt Rourke)
Open Internet proponents who have been fighting the Trump administration’s rollback of net neutrality protections, which has been enacted at the bidding of the telecom industry, said Tuesday that Comcast is now threatening legal action saying the website Comcastroturf.com is infringing on its trademark.

‘You Betrayed Us’ Billboards Targeting Anti-Privacy Lawmakers Erected

“Members of Congress who help monopolies get richer while undermining our online privacy and attacking net neutrality will soon see that they can’t hide from the public on these issues.” (Photo: Fight for the Future/cc)
Billboards targeting legislators who voted to end online privacy measures earlier this year have gone up in key districts, as promised by activists.

Congress Poised to Obliterate Broadband Privacy Rules

(COMMONDREAMSPrivacy advocates on Monday are urging Americans to call their elected officials, warning that there are only 24 hours left to “save online privacy rules” before the U.S. House of Representatives votes on a measure that would allow major telecom companies to collect user data and auction it off to the “highest bidder.”