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Jimbo101

(776 posts)
Wed Jun 7, 2017, 03:45 PM Jun 2017

Poll: Americans From Both Political Parties Overwhelmingly Support Net Neutrality

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Mozilla conducted a survey in which it found that a majority of Americans do not trust the government to protect Internet access. From an article, shared by a reader:

A recent public opinion poll carried out by Mozilla and Ipsos revealed overwhelming support across party lines for net neutrality, with over three quarters of Americans (76%) supporting net neutrality. Eighty-one percent of Democrats and 73% of Republicans are in favor of it. Another key finding: Most Americans do not trust the U.S. government to protect access to the Internet. Seventy percent of Americans place no or little trust in the Trump administration or Congress (78%) to do so. Mozilla and Ipsos carried out the poll in late May, on the heels of the FCC's vote to begin dismantling Obama-era net neutrality rules. We polled approximately 1,000 American adults across the U.S., a sample that included 354 Democrats, 344 Republicans, and 224 Independents.


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Poll: Americans From Both Political Parties Overwhelmingly Support Net Neutrality (Original Post) Jimbo101 Jun 2017 OP
Most Americans aren't bribing -- oops I mean lobbying -- Congress (nt) apnu Jun 2017 #1
This issue, perhaps more than all others, will bring people together Doremus Jun 2017 #2

Doremus

(7,261 posts)
2. This issue, perhaps more than all others, will bring people together
Wed Jun 7, 2017, 03:51 PM
Jun 2017

I've been reading various chat boards about this topic. Young people of all political beliefs are up in arms about it. There's talk of civil disobedience on a large scale, peaceful and non, from marches to axing isp cables, to kidnapping company ceos.

The oligarchs should tread lightly on this one.

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