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Protests Nationwide as Vote on FCC's "Catastrophic" Plan to Kill Net Neutrality Looms
"Ajit Pai may be owned by Verizon, but he has to answer to Congress, and lawmakers have to answer to us, their constituents," said Evan Greer of Fight for the Future, which is helping lead the fight to preserve net neutrality.
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Protesters Take Net Neutrality Issue To FCC Chair's Home
Ajit Pai needs to be personally protested because he comes to the FCC with a personal agenda – he is behaving like he's still Verizon's lawyer, not someone required to serve the public interest.
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NSA Spying Relies on AT&T’s "Extreme Willingness to Help"
The National Security Agency’s ability to capture Internet traffic on United States soil has been based on an extraordinary, decades-long partnership with a single company: AT&T.
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These Seven Giant U.S. Corporations Pay Their CEOs More Than They Pay In Taxes
Boeing, Chevron, Citigroup, Ford, Verizon, JPMorgan Chase and General Motors declared more than $74 billion in combined U.S. pre-tax profits in 2013 – and paid their CEOs on average $17.3 million each.
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32 U.S. Cities Jumpstart Community-Owned Broadband to Bypass Telecom Giants
The national movement to provide fast, reliable and affordable high-speed Internet comes as Comcast, Time Warner, Verizon and AT&T continue to prohibit municipal freedoms for online access.
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How Activists Put Protection of the Internet Back on the National Agenda
Over 3.4 million Internet users took action against the FCC’s proposed rules in recent weeks – grassroots pressure that forced tech giants like Google, Facebook and Amazon to get off the sidelines.
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The People’s Firewall: Protesters Occupy the FCC to Halt Net Discrimination Rules
Before the FCC holds its next open meeting, citizen pressure needs to build to demand reclassifying the Internet as a common carrier, putting into law net neutrality.
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Verizon v. FCC and What the Fall of Net Neutrality Really Means
Verizon v. the FCC is crushing democracy, justice, and cat videos in one swoop. Here's the sordid backstory behind the fall of net neutrality.
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Why 1 in 9 of America's Biggest Companies Pay Zero Taxes
Getting to a zero percent tax rate despite turning a profit requires creative accounting — and corporate tax codes allow companies to avoid tax liability even in years when they turn a profit. 57 companies listed on the S&P 500 index last year paid zilch.
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Spying on "Terrorists Abroad," Suppressing Dissent at Home: When We Become the Hunted
If you're wondering why the ongoing revelations about the development and use of a massive public and private surveillance complex should be of concern to you, read this interview.
