He shouldn't have had to do this again. Three years ago, John Oliver's epic net neutrality campaign helped convince the FCC that, yeah, the people really care about this. A lot. Millions of them. That helped give us strong Title II open internet rules to keep the flow of information and entertainment free and open. With popular vote loser Donald Trump and his lackey Ajit Pai (former Verizon lawyer) at the head of the Federal Communications Commission, we have to fucking do it all over again. Oliver got a great start this weekend.
The "Last Week Tonight" host ripped the chairman's proposals and then directed viewers to visit a website with the name gofccyourself.com. That site takes users directly to a page where they can file comments to the FCC on net neutrality.
After the new address was unveiled, the FCC’s website went down, presumably because of the high volume of traffic resulting from the show. As of Monday morning, the website was still operating more slowly than usual. [...]
Oliver challenged Pai and telecommunications companies that argue net neutrality would inhibit broadband investment, noting comments Verizon made to its investors.
“Maybe the best way to gauge Title II’s impact is to listen to what cable companies told their own investors, to who they are legally obligated to tell the truth,” Oliver said before quoting a Verizon executive, who said on an earnings call in 2014 that net neutrality “does not influence the way we invest.”
Daily Kos, along with our intrepid allies in keeping the internet free and open, have created a petition site where we'll collect all of your comments to submit to the FCC, so that you don't have to fight with their constantly crashing website. This round of comments goes through May 11, and the FCC will have its first vote on May 18. So get your comments in!
Sign here, and add your comments, to keep a free an open internet under strong Title II rules.