<div dir="ltr"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="600" id="gmail-m_4454137437439185056m_-8343064865930049934templateContainer" style="font-size:12.8px;border:1px solid rgb(221,221,221)"><tbody><tr><td align="center" valign="top" style="border-collapse:collapse"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="600" id="gmail-m_4454137437439185056m_-8343064865930049934templateHeader" style="border-bottom:0px"><tbody><tr><td class="gmail-m_4454137437439185056m_-8343064865930049934headerContent" style="font-family:Arial;border-collapse:collapse;color:rgb(32,32,32);font-size:34px;font-weight:bold;line-height:34px;padding:0px;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><img src="http://gallery.mailchimp.com/1cc299b535534e10c267b2c8e/images/logo.3.png" alt="" border="0" width="300" height="44" class="gmail-CToWUd" style="height: 44px; width: 300px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; line-height: 34px; outline: none;"></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="top" style="border-collapse:collapse"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="600" id="gmail-m_4454137437439185056m_-8343064865930049934templateBody"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" class="gmail-m_4454137437439185056m_-8343064865930049934bodyContent" style="border-collapse:collapse"><table border="0" cellpadding="20" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" style="border-collapse:collapse"><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:12px;line-height:18px"><p>Contact: <a href="mailto:shiva@publicknowledge.org" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(51,102,153)"><u>Shiva Stella</u></a>  (o) <a href="tel:(202)%20861-0020" value="+12028610020" target="_blank">202-861-0020</a>    (c) <a href="tel:(405)%20249-9435" value="+14052499435" target="_blank">405-249-9435</a></p><hr><p>For Immediate Release<br><span class="gmail-aBn" tabindex="0"><span class="gmail-aQJ">November 22, 2017</span></span></p><p><strong>FCC Chairman Pai Moves to Strip Americans of Net Neutrality Protections</strong></p><div style="line-height:18px"><span id="gmail-m_4454137437439185056m_-8343064865930049934docs-internal-guid-0bde56e5-df8a-0df2-ae99-0581e7a2c454">Today, the Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai </span><a href="https://publicknowlede.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=1cc299b535534e10c267b2c8e&id=46da5461ba&e=f0c13dd6b4" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(51,102,153)">circulated</a> a “Restoring Internet Freedom” draft Order that would roll back the agency’s <a href="https://publicknowlede.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=1cc299b535534e10c267b2c8e&id=cfa9c4298c&e=f0c13dd6b4" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(51,102,153)">2015 Open Internet Order</a>, which created strong <a href="https://publicknowlede.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=1cc299b535534e10c267b2c8e&id=be0e9021ed&e=f0c13dd6b4" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(51,102,153)">net neutrality rules</a> that force broadband providers to treat all internet content and services equally.<br><br><span id="gmail-m_4454137437439185056m_-8343064865930049934docs-internal-guid-0bde56e5-df8a-0df2-ae99-0581e7a2c454">The agency’s new proposal downgrades broadband from a “telecommunications service” under Title II of the Communications Act, to a mere “information service.” If adopted at the FCC meeting on <span class="gmail-aBn" tabindex="0"><span class="gmail-aQJ">December 14</span></span>, the draft Order will eliminate the existing network neutrality rules (“no blocking, no throttling, and no “fast lanes”) that currently protect the Open Internet. Millions of Americans </span><a href="https://publicknowlede.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=1cc299b535534e10c267b2c8e&id=da5ec3db44&e=f0c13dd6b4" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(51,102,153)">expressed support for these rules</a> by <a href="https://publicknowlede.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=1cc299b535534e10c267b2c8e&id=98c04b88b6&e=f0c13dd6b4" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(51,102,153)">submitting comments</a> with the FCC leading up to the 2015 Open Internet Order, and millions of Americans have opposed FCC Chairman Pai’s proposal to roll back these rules since he announced it last spring.<br><br><span id="gmail-m_4454137437439185056m_-8343064865930049934docs-internal-guid-0bde56e5-df8a-0df2-ae99-0581e7a2c454">Public Knowledge opposes FCC Chairman Pai’s move to gut these rules, leaving </span><a href="https://publicknowlede.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=1cc299b535534e10c267b2c8e&id=e5f3d2231a&e=f0c13dd6b4" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(51,102,153)">consumers</a>, <a href="https://publicknowlede.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=1cc299b535534e10c267b2c8e&id=b7a5c7b6af&e=f0c13dd6b4" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(51,102,153)">small businesses</a>, <a href="https://publicknowlede.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=1cc299b535534e10c267b2c8e&id=4fc7a943cf&e=f0c13dd6b4" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(51,102,153)">artists</a>, <a href="https://publicknowlede.us2.list-manage.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