The House of Representatives
voted on the bill today, and it was already passed by the Senate last week. [1]
The President has already said that he’ll sign it. [2]
The most disturbing part? The
members of Congress who pushed for this attack on our privacy have been taking
money hand over fist from the very same Big Cable companies that stand to
profit from selling the intimate details of our lives. [3]
We can’t let them get away with this. We’re crowdfunding to put up billboards with the name of every lawmaker who voted for this travesty, because the public deserves to know which politicians sold out our Internet privacy to giant corporations.
Slashing these privacy rules means that ISPs like Comcast, Verizon, and AT&T will be able to constantly monitor and store your most private information, like the websites you visit, the products you buy, and your real time location, and sell that data to the highest bidder.
Even creepier, it will allow
ISPs to inject ads into your web browsing, install undetectable software on
your devices to track your activity, and deploy systems to undermine
encryption. [4]
When ISPs collect and store this information, they’ll also be making it available to the Federal government and law enforcement through bulk surveillance programs.
This is nothing less than an all out assault on our basic right to use the Internet safely and securely, and it’s putting all of us at risk.
We need to generate a massive
public backlash to make it clear to our elected officials that we will not sit
back and allow them to put our friends and family in danger.
Major news outlets like USA
Today and The Hill have already covered our plan to unleash these billboards
shining a spotlight on the lawmakers who betrayed us. [5] [6]
We’ll keep fighting. And we’re honored to have you on our team.
For the Internet,
-Evan at Fight for the Future
[1] http://www.mercurynews.com/2017/03/23/wolverton-senate-republicans-vote-to-undermine-online-privacy/