There are two current White House petitions on net neutrality:
We petition the Obama Administration to:
Maintain true net neutrality to protect the freedom of information in the United States.True net neutrality means the free exchange of information between people and organizations. Information is key to a society’s well being. One of the most effective tactics of an invading military is to inhibit the flow of information in a population; this includes which information is shared and by who. Today we see this war being waged on American citizens. Recently the FCC has moved to redefine “net neutrality” to mean that corporations and organizations can pay to have their information heard, or worse, the message of their competitors silenced. We as a nation must settle for nothing less than complete neutrality in our communication channels. This is not a request, but a demand by the citizens of this nation. No bandwidth modifications of information based on content or its source.
Created: Apr 24, 2014
Issues: Consumer Protections, Regulatory Reform, Technology and TelecommunicationsSignatures needed by May 24, 2014 to reach goal of 100,000 73,493
Total signatures on this petition 26,507
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And, a solution:
We petition the Obama Administration to:
Reclassify Internet broadband providers as common carriers.We have benefited enormously from the egalitarian way in which the Internet treats information regardless of type or source, some of the most successful companies in America owe their existence this feature, but the FCC has failed to establish it as policy. Now the FCC has proposed a system that allows broadband providers to discriminate amongst Internet traffic, ensuring special treatment for companies and services of their choosing, the opposite of the neutral Internet that has existed so far. When the court vacated the FCC’s weak rules on traffic discrimination in January, the judge gave a specific instruction on how they could ensure a neutral Internet within the boundaries of the law: reclassify Internet broadband providers as “common carriers.” We are petitioning for just that.
Created: Apr 25, 2014
Issues: Consumer Protections, Regulatory Reform, Technology and TelecommunicationsSignatures needed by May 25, 2014 to reach goal of 100,000 97,922
Total signatures on this petition 2,078
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Unrestricted access to snark and sarcasm would continue to be a feature, not a bug.