{"id":372923,"date":"2018-08-11T06:25:57","date_gmt":"2018-08-11T05:25:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/california-lawmakers-warned-to-back-net-neutrality-or-feel-constituents-wrath\/"},"modified":"2018-08-11T06:25:57","modified_gmt":"2018-08-11T05:25:57","slug":"california-lawmakers-warned-to-back-net-neutrality-or-feel-constituents-wrath","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/california-lawmakers-warned-to-back-net-neutrality-or-feel-constituents-wrath\/","title":{"rendered":"California Lawmakers Warned to Back Net Neutrality or “Feel Constituents’ Wrath”"},"content":{"rendered":"
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With the latest version of California\u2019s net neutrality bill unveiled by Democratic state Sen. Scott Wiener this week, open internet defenders are prepared to publicly pressure and shame state lawmakers who plan to appease powerful internet service providers (ISPs) by voting against the proposal instead of standing with their constituents.<\/p>\n

The advocacy group Fight for the Future <\/span>urged <\/span><\/a>Californians to demand that their representatives vote in favor of SB 822, which will be considered by the state Assembly\u2019s Communications and Conveyance Committee before going the Assembly votes on it later this month.<\/p>\n

Noting that ISPs like AT&T and Comcast have poured millions of dollars into their campaign to defeat SB 822, Fight for the Future on Thursday unveiled its <\/span>scorecard <\/span><\/a>for California lawmakers, showing constituents where their Assembly members stand on net neutrality.<\/p>\n

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BREAKING: The California #NetNeutrality<\/a> bill #SB822<\/a> has been reintroduced and is moving again. We\u2019ve launched a new scorecard, and are preparing crowdfunded billboards, to ensure California Assemblymembers can\u2019t hide. https:\/\/t.co\/UH42QSxKXF<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/UfMJmWLIrH<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Fight for the Future (@fightfortheftr) August 9, 2018<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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As of this writing, just 11 of the Assembly\u2019s 80 members have committed to voting for the newly-unveiled SB 822. But Fight for the Future is promising to mount billboard campaigns targeting representatives who vote against net neutrality protections.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cCalifornia assemblymembers won\u2019t get a second chance and they need to decide immediately to either side with the public or be willing to pay the price for catering to big telecoms,\u201d said Evan Greer, deputy director of Fight for the Future.<\/p>\n

Advocates in California began fighting for state-level net neutrality protections after the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), led by President Donald Trump-appointed chairman and <\/span>former Verizon lawyer<\/a> <\/span>Ajit Pai,…<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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With the latest version of California\u2019s net neutrality bill unveiled by Democratic state Sen. Scott Wiener this week, open internet defenders are prepared to publicly pressure and shame state lawmakers who plan to appease powerful internet service providers (ISPs) by voting against the proposal instead of standing with their constituents. The advocacy group Fight for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[519],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-372923","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-newswire"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/372923","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=372923"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/372923\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=372923"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=372923"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=372923"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}