Global technology firms joined forces with activists and organizations to support day of action, internet-wide campaign of preserving net neutrality

Briefing

August 17, 2017

Briefing	Day Of Action – On July 12, 2017, big tech firms along with activists and organizations collaborated to support net neutrality through largest online protest in history Scrapping Net Neutrality – Last May 2017, Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted to review net neutrality rules set by Obama administration that prohibit broadband providers from slowing or blocking internet content delivery to consumers Two–Tiered Internet Service Model – Will allow Internet service providers (ISPs) to charge premium fee for prioritizing traffic when net neutrality is revoked Next Steps – More announcements from major companies expected, adding to currently 70,000 signatures, while FCC’s new proposal will be open until August with voting expected later in 2017
Accelerator	Content Creation, Sharing and Consumption, Networks and Connectivity
Sector	Telecommunications
Organization	Airbnb Inc., Amazon.com Inc., Comcast Corp., Dropbox, Facebook Inc., Foursquare Labs Inc., GitHub, Google Inc., Greenpeace, Kickstarter Inc., Mozilla Corp., Netflix Inc., Pinterest Inc., Reddit, SoundCloud, Spotify Ltd., Time Warner Inc., Twitter Inc., Verizon
Source	Ashford, W., "Tech firms join forces in support of net neutrality", ComputerWeekly.com, http://www.computerweekly.com/; Rushe, D., "Trump's 'war on the open internet': tech firms join day of action for net neutrality", The Guardian, https://www.theguardian.com/; "July 12th: Internet-wide day of action to save net neutrality," Battle for the Net, https://www.battleforthenet.com/; AcceleratingBiz analysis
Original Publication Date	July 12, 2017

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