Net Neutrality: Sept. 10 We Go Visual!

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Join the fight by using the below:

Sept. 10th is the Internet Slowdown

Big Cable wants to slow down the Internet? Fine.
Let's show the world what a web without net neutrality would be like.
Join our open, international call for action to protect Internet Freedom.

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Cable companies are spending billions to gut net neutrality and create fast lanes and slow lanes on the Internet. We can’t let this happen, but they’re so powerful. To win, we need a response that pulls out all the stops and drives the maximum number of people to voice their support for net neutrality.

On September 10th, sites across the web will display an alert with a symbolic "loading" symbol (the proverbial “spinning wheel of death”) and promote a call to action for users to push comments to the FCC, Congress, and the White House. Major websites and services are lined up to push hard on this — it affects literally everyone who uses the Internet for work or pleasure. This is the moment to win this battle for the net.

We need all hands on deck for this. Think about how best to get your audience's attention and join the Internet Slowdown with your site or mobile app. The spirit of the slowdown is that everyone can join in their own way, but we’re providing tools to make it easy. If you're going to participate, tell the world ASAP. Announce it on your blog and twitter. Help get others to join. Got a question? Contact us.

Oh it's on. September 10th.

The Internet Slowdown starts at midnight eastern time on September 10th, and runs through midnight on September 11th. Whatever awesome stuff you've got planned, do it then! And remember: the goal is to drive as many emails and calls to Congress, the White House, and the FCC as possible.

Sites: Get the code

There’s a bunch of different ways for sites to participate. The best way? Run this modal. The runner up? This alert. You can also change your site’s logo (or one of its letters) to a spinning wheel of death or embed this action tool in a high traffic page. We’ve got widgets for Wordpress.com, and Wordpress (self hosted).

NOTE: none of these tools will slow down your site; they just show a symbolic loading symbol. By default they link to battleforthenet.com, but you can change the URL if you like.

Modal:

To show the modal on September 10th, paste this code into the of your site. More info.

Light banner: Paste this code into the of your site. More info. var _bftn_options = { animation: 'banner' } ( Note: this will only show up on Sept 10th, and only once per user ) Dark banner: Paste this code into the of your site. More info. var _bftn_options = { animation: 'banner', theme: 'dark' }

( Note: this will only show up on Sept 10th, and only once per user )

Apps: do a push notification

If you have a mobile app, can you send just one push notification to your users? Tell them that ISPs are threatening to slow your app, and link them to https://www.battleforthenet.com.

Share these images!

We need as many people as possible to see this site, write Congress and the FCC, and keep fighting until we win. Can you post these images everywhere?

Say you're in.

Are you participating? Tell us so we can list you, announce it to the world, and invite others to join. Starting on 9/2 we’ll be announcing which sites are in. Help us spread the word about the campaign by tweeting something like this or this. Want to show your support in real life? Get the Team Internet shirt (then post a photo, obv.)

You're our only hope.

This is the time to go big, visible, and strong - that's the only way we can actually win this fight. We all need to get as many people in our respective audiences motivated to do something. We can make this epic, but only if you help. We need companies to be frontrunners, leaders, and heroes on this, that’s the key ingredient to raising the bar and making sure everyone goes big.

We realize it's a big ask, but this is the kind of bad internet legislation that comes along (or gets this close to passing) once a decade or so. If it passes we'll be kicking ourselves for decades—every time a favorite site gets relegated to the slow lane, and every time we have to rework or abandon a project because of the uncertain costs paid prioritization creates. Doing the most we can right now seems like the only rational step.

Let us know if you're interested in principle, and if there's something you need from us to join: evan@fightforthefuture.org