Save the Internet
Encyclopedia
Save the Internet is a coalition of individuals, businesses, and non-profit organizations
led by Free Press
working for the preservation of network neutrality
.
. As the First Amendment to the United States Constitution
includes protection of freedoms of speech and of the press, so would a proposed Internet first amendment protect network neutrality, which would allow for equal access to every website
.
organization functions mainly as a source for public awareness and as a catalyst promoting civic action, such as petitioning
Congress to support net neutrality. Previous petitions garnered as many as 1.9 million signatures.
Non-profit organization
Nonprofit organization is neither a legal nor technical definition but generally refers to an organization that uses surplus revenues to achieve its goals, rather than distributing them as profit or dividends...
led by Free Press
Free Press (organization)
Free Press is a nonpartisan, nonprofit, national organization working to reform the media in the United States.It was founded in 2002 by media scholar Robert W. McChesney, The Nation contributor John Nichols, and Josh Silver, current CEO of the Democracy Fund, a foundation challenging the influence...
working for the preservation of network neutrality
Network neutrality in the United States
Network neutrality in the United States is a hotly debated issue subject to regulatory and judicial contention among network users and access providers...
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History
When Save the Internet formed, it asserted the idea that network neutrality needed to be protected by a "First Amendment" of the InternetInternet
The Internet is a global system of interconnected computer networks that use the standard Internet protocol suite to serve billions of users worldwide...
. As the First Amendment to the United States Constitution
First Amendment to the United States Constitution
The First Amendment to the United States Constitution is part of the Bill of Rights. The amendment prohibits the making of any law respecting an establishment of religion, impeding the free exercise of religion, abridging the freedom of speech, infringing on the freedom of the press, interfering...
includes protection of freedoms of speech and of the press, so would a proposed Internet first amendment protect network neutrality, which would allow for equal access to every website
Website
A website, also written as Web site, web site, or simply site, is a collection of related web pages containing images, videos or other digital assets. A website is hosted on at least one web server, accessible via a network such as the Internet or a private local area network through an Internet...
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Function
This online activistInternet activism
Internet activism is the use of electronic communication technologies such as e-mail, the World Wide Web, and podcasts for various forms of activism to enable faster communications by citizen movements and the delivery of local information to a large audience...
organization functions mainly as a source for public awareness and as a catalyst promoting civic action, such as petitioning
Petition
A petition is a request to do something, most commonly addressed to a government official or public entity. Petitions to a deity are a form of prayer....
Congress to support net neutrality. Previous petitions garnered as many as 1.9 million signatures.