Latinos for Internet Freedom

Our online freedom is under attack. Corporations like AT&T, Comcast and Verizon are doing everything they can to seize control of the Internet.

They want to gut Net Neutrality — the principle preserving the free and open Internet — and decide which sites go fast, which go slow, and which won’t load at all.

As the largest community of color in the United States, Latinos number more than 50 million. About 20 million of us are online.

Our ability to use the Internet to communicate with our families, organize in our communities, fight discrimination, support our businesses, educate our children and speak freely is at stake.

The Internet is essential to our daily lives — whether we’re applying for a job, investing for retirement, researching a homework assignment or staying informed on our community’s latest news. And when we can't make it home for a holiday or family celebration, we can share videos with our loved ones and exchange pictures online.

Right now, AT&T, Verizon and Comcast are spending millions of dollars to lobby President Obama, Congress and the Federal Communications Commission to allow corporations to control our ability to access the content of our choice online. These companies are also using deceitful tactics to mislead our community about the benefits of open Internet protections.

The Internet is a critical tool for our community. It enables us to organize online and protect our community’s political, social and economic rights. The progress made in the fight to overturn SB 1070, Arizona’s dangerous and discriminatory racial-profiling law, is in part due to the ability of organizations to use the Internet to educate and mobilize our community.

Join Latinos for Internet Freedom. We’re calling on the Obama administration, Congress and the FCC to protect the Internet from corporate abuses.

We must work together to protect this vital resource.

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