Congress Received More than 14,000 Calls on Net Neutrality Wednesday, Fight for the Future Says
Net neutrality activists barraged Congress with more than 14,000 calls Wednesday, Fight for the Future said. Callers told lawmakers’ offices to support Communications Act Title II reclassification of broadband and reject the current legislation that GOP lawmakers are planning to…
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introduce. They pegged the calls to two net neutrality hearings that were happening that day (see 1501210049)). “As soon as we put the word out about the hearings in Congress, we were instantly inundated with traffic from thousands of people calling their lawmakers to say that net neutrality is not a partisan issue, and Congress should stay out of the way of real net neutrality protections through full Title II reclassification,” said Fight for the Future Campaign Director Evan Greer in a statement. The campaign was affiliated with Battle for the Net, a movement supported by Fight for the Future, Demand Progress and Free Press and others.