Europeans! You've got 48h to contact your MEP and demand a free, open and fair Internet!

By at 1:08 am Monday, May 4

If you live in the EU, you have 48 hours to contact your MEP and urge her or him to vote for the "Citizens' Rights Amendments" to the Telecoms Package. These amendments will keep the Internet neutral, restrict censorship and spying."

Jeremie Zimmerman sez,

Threats to citizens' basic rights and freedoms and to the neutrality of Internet could be voted without any safeguard in the EU legislation regarding electronic communication networks (Telecoms Package). EU citizens have two days to call all Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) to ask them to vote for the "Citizens' Rights Amendments", in the second reading of the Telecoms Package. These amendments include all the safeguards that were removed in the "compromise amendments", as well as provisions protecting against "net discrimination" practices and filtering of content...
URGENT: Ask MEPs to adopt Citizens' Rights Amendments on May the 6th.

Information on contacting your MEP

(Thanks, JZ!)

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