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Net Neutrality RIP: Essential Parts of America's DNA -- Independence and Privacy -- Are About to Be Destroyed

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Not only that, in order to lock down the internet and wring every single penny that can be wrung out of your identity and data, your ISP will, in all probability, radically ramp up their "oversight" (aka spying) of/on you so they can determine what you might want to buy, who and where you are, and what you might be able to afford.

This intense profit motive, to extract the last penny from every one of us, in both fees and by selling our browsing/posting/email history, has all but wiped out the possibility of anonymity. As we can see with the J20 websites -- where our government is demanding all the online activity related to protests against Trump on January 20, 2017 -- once your ISPs begin monitoring and collecting all of your information, there's nowhere left to hide.

Independence and privacy -- the anonymity necessary to be able to participate in politics -- are essential parts of the DNA of the United States. To destroy them on the internet, now that it has replaced the mail and the town square for communications of all sorts, will mean that there will be little or no protest in the future.

If we are to preserve democracy -- what little we have left -- in our nation, we must fight Verizon's lawyer Mr. Pai's efforts to destroy net neutrality. Call your senators and congressperson now, and check out //www.fightforthefuture.org, //www.battleforthenet.com, //www.savetheinternet.com, and //www.verizonprotests.com.

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Thom Hartmann is a Project Censored Award-winning New York Times best-selling author, and host of a nationally syndicated daily progressive talk program on the Air America Radio Network, live noon-3 PM ET. www.thomhartmann.com His most recent books are "The Last Hours of Ancient Sunlight," "Unequal Protection: The Rise of Corporate Dominance and the Theft of Human Rights," "We The People," "What Would Jefferson Do?," "Screwed: The Undeclared War Against the Middle (more...)
 

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