The Senate just moved to force a vote on net neutrality

Fight for the Future
3 min readMay 9, 2018

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TLDR: The Senate just moved to force a vote on net neutrality. Click here to contact your lawmakers and tell them to vote for the CRA right now!

This is a huge deal and means that the floor vote could come as early as next week. The Internet is lighting up in protest as more and more small and large websites and apps go on “red alert” to help sound the alarm.

Senators are deciding how they are going to vote right now. The outcome of this will impact the future of the Internet for decades to come.

Time is running out. Tell your lawmakers to vote for net neutrality!

AFTER you contact your legislators, here are some other ways to get involved in the Red Alert for Net Neutrality, which will run until the Senate vote next week:

  • Change your social media avatars and profile pics to help sound the alarm, there’s bunch of graphics here.
  • If you run a website or blog, use our RED ALERT widget code, available here. It lets visitors take action without ever leaving your site, and you can try it out ahead of time.
  • If you run a subreddit, change your theme and post our sticky post urging your subscribers to join in on the protest. Instructions here.
  • Here’s a giant doc of social media content, suggested tweets, blog text, and more. Use it to get the word out anywhere and everywhere that you can.
  • If you make videos, consider making a video about the Red Alert for Net Neutrality, or use our simple video bumper to help spread the word.
  • Link back to BattleForTheNet.com where people can easily contact their lawmakers.

Please forward this email to everyone you know and help sound the alarm!

And don’t forget to contact your lawmakers NOW!

Check out these screenshots to see how websites and apps across the Internet are participating in the Red Alert protests leading up to the vote!

Tumblr is showing this awesome Red Alert staff post at the top of all US users’ feeds in both desktop and mobile encouraging participation in the action and contacts to congress: https://staff.tumblr.com/post/173724266261/this-is-a-red-alert-for-net-neutrality-last
Tinder has an awesome in-app message encouraging users to contact their lawmakers in support of the CRA to save net neutrality.
Popular dating site OK Cupid is running a sitewide alert and in-app messages encouraging users to take action at BattleForTheNet.com
Popular VPN and Internet freedom champions Private Internet Access are running the widget on their homepage.
Image hosting site Imgur, one of the top 20 highest traffic sites in the US, is running this awesome RedAlert banner at the top of their home page and an in-app message.
Fark has a persistent link to battleforthenet.com pinned to the top of their feed
Dictionary.com is featuring a post on their homepage educating users about net neutrality and the coming vote.
The Nation magazine is running prominent Red Alert banners across their site.
Home sound system maker Sonos is making some noise using our Twitter banners.

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