Day of Action to Save Net Neutrality explained

The Day of Action to Save Net Neutrality was an event on July 12, 2017, in which various organizations and individuals advocated for net neutrality in the United States. The event was a response to plans by Federal Communications Commission chairman Ajit Pai to end United States government policies which establish net neutrality. Over 50,000 websites, including many organizations, contributed activism after Fight for the Future, Demand Progress, and Free Press convened the event.[1] The group called it "the largest online protest in history", a term which had previously referred to protests against Internet censorship in 2012.[2]

Goals

The event sought to contact members of Congress and the FCC. The protest noted that Ajit V. Pai formerly worked at Verizon, a company which opposes net neutrality.[3]

Participants

Netflix CEO Reed Hastings publicly stated that net neutrality was no longer a primary concern for Netflix and that it would not participate.[20] [21] [22] Netflix later reversed their position and decided to support the campaign.[23] [24] Prior to the Day of Action there was speculation Tumblr would not participate after Verizon acquired their parent company, Yahoo!.[25] Tumblr would in fact be a noted participant,[26] [27] [28] with their logo featured prominently on Battle for the Net's website along with other major supporters.[29]

Reactions

Wired commented that the activism was a result of opposing sides of large organizations, with traditional telecom organizations as the target of protest and new media organizations as the protestors.[30] Recode criticized companies such as Facebook and Google for holding back and posting messages that were unlikely to reach a large fraction of their users.[31] [32]

In response to the protest, some of the targeted ISPs stated that they supported the spirit of net neutrality but not the specific regulations passed in 2010 and 2015.[33] Comcast called them "outdated" and Verizon called them "1930s style". Despite AT&T's opposition to net neutrality rules, a statement on the company webpage stated that it was "joining" the protest. AT&T's participation was rejected by the principal organizers of the event.[34]

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Notes and References

  1. News: Net Neutrality: What happened during the July 12 Internet-Wide Day of Action protest. Velasco. Haley. 11 July 2017. PC World. 13 July 2017.
  2. News: Trump's 'war on the open internet': tech firms join day of action for net neutrality. Rushe. Dominic. 12 July 2017. The Guardian. 13 July 2017.
  3. Web site: Neff. Lisa. Worldwide web action planned to defend net neutrality. Wisconsin Gazette. en. 19 June 2017.
  4. Web site: Roberts. Jeff John. Amazon Just Changed the Net Neutrality Debate. Fortune. Time Inc.. 6 June 2017.
  5. Web site: Rushe. Dominic. Net neutrality: Amazon among top internet firms planning day of action. The Guardian. 6 June 2017.
  6. Web site: AT&T Joins Protest In Favor of Net Neutrality Rules It Hates. Fortune. 11 July 2017.
  7. Web site: How You Can Stick It To Comcast And Verizon Today - SOME NEWS SPECIAL REPORT (Net Neutrality). Cracked. 12 July 2017. YouTube.
  8. Web site: Do you care about net neutrality? Because all of your favorite websites do. 8 July 2017. The Daily Dot.
  9. Web site: Statt. Nick. Facebook and Google will participate in next week's big net neutrality protest. The Verge. Vox Media. 7 July 2017.
  10. Web site: Breland. Ali. Netflix to join net neutrality 'day of action'. The Hill. 15 June 2017.
  11. Web site: Today, July 12th, is Net Neutrality Day and plug.dj shows support for internet not limited or slowed by Internet Service Providers!. 12 July 2017.
  12. Web site: Cole. Samantha. Pornhub Will Show Its 75 Million Daily Visitors Why Net Neutrality Matters. Motherboard. Vice Media. en-us. 14 June 2017.
  13. Web site: Brodkin. Jon. Amazon and Reddit try to save net neutrality rules in "day of action". Ars Technica. en-us. 6 June 2017.
  14. Web site: Burns. Janet. Google, Facebook And Spotify Will Fight For Net Neutrality This Week. Forbes. 11 July 2017.
  15. Web site: Net Neutrality and Stack Overflow / Stack Exchange.
  16. Web site: Tumblr Staff - The Internet Needs You, You're Up Again. en-us. 12 July 2017.
  17. Web site: Breland. Ali. Twitter joins pro-net neutrality 'Day of Action'. The Hill. 22 June 2017.
  18. Web site: Cole. Samantha. Porn Companies Tell Us Why the End of Net Neutrality Will Make Porn Boring. Motherboard. Vice Media. en-us. 22 June 2017.
  19. Web site: Zombo.com changes its webpage for the first time in 18 years.. 12 July 2017. bot: unknown. https://web.archive.org/web/20170712144725/http://www.zombo.com/. 12 July 2017.
  20. News: Amazon plans 'day of action' for Net neutrality — but not Netflix. Snider. Mike. 6 June 2017. USA Today. 13 July 2017. en.
  21. Web site: Netflix Doesn't Care As Much About Net Neutrality Anymore Because It's Big Enough Not To. 31 May 2017. Consumerist. Consumer Reports. Cox. Kate.
  22. News: Netflix CEO says net neutrality is 'not our primary battle'. Bohn. Dieter. 31 May 2017. The Verge. 12 July 2017.
  23. Web site: Amazon plans 'day of action' for Net neutrality — but not Netflix. 6 June 2017. USA Today. en. Snider. Mike.
  24. Web site: Netflix Changes Its Mind, Decides Maybe It Does Care About Net Neutrality Again. 15 June 2017. Consumerist. Consumer Reports. Morran. Chris.
  25. Web site: Verizon is killing Tumblr's fight for net neutrality. Tiffany. Kaitlyn. 2017-06-21. The Verge. 2017-07-12.
  26. News: How Major Websites Are Marking Today's Net Neutrality Protest. Cabral. Angelica. 2017-07-12. Slate. 2017-07-12. en-US. 1091-2339.
  27. Web site: The internet rallies around the fight for net neutrality. Engadget. 12 July 2017 . 2017-07-12.
  28. Web site: How to join the Internet's Day of Action to save Net Neutrality NOW - SlashGear. www.slashgear.com. 12 July 2017 . en-US. 2017-07-13.
  29. Web site: The FCC wants to destroy net neutrality and give giant cable companies control over the Internet. Fight for the Future. Battle For The Net. en. 2017-07-12.
  30. Web site: Ramspott. Frank. Why Net Neutrality Matters. www.wired.com. 22 June 2017.
  31. Web site: If you blinked, you missed yesterday's net neutrality protest. Tony. Romm. Recode. 2017-07-13. 2017-07-13.
  32. Web site: The Net Neutrality "Protest" Isn't A Protest. Victor. Luckerson. The Ringer. 2017-07-12. 2017-07-13.
  33. Web site: Here's how the Internet's net neutrality day of action unfolded. Colin. Lecher. The Verge. 2017-07-12. 2017-07-13.
  34. Web site: Internet providers respond to the Internet's huge net neutrality protest. Madeline. Purdue. Rachel. Sandler. USA Today. 2017-07-12. 2017-07-13.

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