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  1. Pinned Tweet
    14 Dec 2017

    The fight to save far from over. Tell Congress to use a "resolution of disapproval" to overturn the 's vote to end the open internet.

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  2. 8 hours ago

    New Jersey is enforcing with a new executive order that requires ISPs to follow Net Neutrality rules if they sell Internet service to state agencies.

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  3. 9 hours ago

    The ability to speak and be heard is a basic human right. And the ability to communicate during a disaster is a life-and-death issue. But both are often denied to people of color. This has been the case in Puerto Rico.

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  4. 11 hours ago

    The next battle for needs . On February 27th, the online community unites to sound the alarm. Retweet if you’re in!

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  5. Retweeted
    13 hours ago

    We need just ONE more vote in the Senate to pass a resolution restoring the rules. Sign up for the Feb. 27 day of action here:

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  6. 14 hours ago

    We need just one more vote to pass a Senate resolution to overturn the FCC's terrible decision -- which is why we're teaming with allies to organize an internet-wide day of action on Feb. 27. Our statement:

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  7. 15 hours ago

    While slowing down traffic and slowing down internet traffic isn’t necessarily a perfect one-to-one analogy, does have a point: paid prioritization is bad, and when people block lanes, they should be told to stop.

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  8. 16 hours ago

    The FCC has repeatedly tried to claim that the FCC’s 2015 rules devastated sector investment—despite the fact this is easily disproved by ISP earnings reports, SEC filings, and numerous CEO statements to investors.

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  9. 16 hours ago

    A new FCC report falsely claims that repealing is paying huge dividends when it comes to sector investment and competition. The data used to “prove” this claim comes from before took office and doesn’t support that conclusion.

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  10. Feb 6

    The FCC has voted along party lines to move forward with its plan to dismantle , a rollback would rob poor people of affordable phone & internet access and disproportionately impact people of color, seniors, veterans and people with disabilities.

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  11. Feb 6

    The has chosen to block the release of records related to a video produced last year in which Chairman and a Verizon executive joke about installing a “Verizon puppet” as head of the FCC.

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  12. Feb 6

    The NSA and FBI have covertly monitored the emails of prominent Muslim-Americans—including a political candidate and several civil rights activists, academics, and lawyers—under secretive procedures intended to target terrorists and foreign spies.

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  13. Retweeted
    Feb 5

    Our coalition suing the to protect just got one state bigger. Welcome to the team, Grewal.

    NJ Attorney General Grewal announced today that New Jersey is joining a multi-state lawsuit against the Federal Communications Commission seeking to block the FCC’s rollback of net neutrality. More:
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  14. Feb 6

    Low-quality, extremist, sensationalist and conspiratorial news published in the US was overwhelmingly consumed and shared by rightwing social network users, according to a new study from the University of Oxford.

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  15. Retweeted
    Feb 6

    This is getting silly. Cable companies lived in "fear" of rate regulation that never happened, and enforcements under rules they say they'd follow? Yet they invested 26 percent more (in Comcast's case) than the two years prior to the 2015 vote. Some fear?

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  16. Retweeted
    Feb 6

    Ah, good thing this isn't under oath, NECTA. Better see if your lawyer approves. Charter's commitments and Comcast's are not "new" or "additional." They are spending at the same levels they did under and the repealed rules.

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  17. Feb 6

    Check out our report disputing the investment numbers cited by FCC Chairman Pai. Our analysis shows an increase in network investment spending since the 2015 Title II order, despite Pai's claim of an alternate reality...

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  18. Feb 6

    Lobbyists from Comcast and Charter seem to have conveniently forgotten that according to Internet Service Providers themselves, Title II didn't hurt network investment...

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  19. Feb 6

    In case you forgot, here's a brief history of violations that occurred before the FCC's 2015 open internet rules were enacted. Comcast, Verizon and AT&T are all guilty, despite what their lobbyists say.

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  20. Feb 6

    Taking a page out of Trump's book, Ajit Pai's FCC is taking credit for broadband deployments that began under Obama, and the previous Chairman.

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  21. Retweeted
    Feb 6
    Replying to and

    Here's the written version of the testimony I delivered for to the Massachusetts State Senate Special Committee on :

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