Break the internet: a campaign for net neutrality.
Hello fellow internet-users,
Today’s post is a public service announcement for this issue. I read my daily post from Seth Godin and decided to join the cause.
As a blogger myself, I appreciate the freedom to be able to post whatever I want on my platform and to read what others want to share as well. It truly is a democratizing force, and has changed the way we communicate and engage politically.
I watched a short video to understand more about net neutrality and the potential costs of losing it. If you have not seen it, click here. It is less than 3 minutes. Well worth it.
Service providers should not be able to dictate which sites or items we are able to see, and internet users may not even be able to imagine this now.
Part of the problem is that service providers could “package” websites and be able to sell you what they recommend, rather than what you choose to see. I doubt this could actually succeed, given what I know about the contrariness of myself and other internet users. However, this video explains what a world WITHOUT net neutrality might look like.
Today I am at home recovering from appendectomy surgery. So I am kinda free and just sitting here in my p.j.’s. I am counting myself lucky in a way, since I have a little extra time today to campaign for this cause. I hope you can take a few minutes, maybe on a break or a lunch hour to do the same. It’s for all of us, peeps.
If you see other videos or links of interest you want to share in the comments below, please feel free.
mexi minnesotana 