Your Favorite Websites are Rallying in a Last-Ditch Effort to Save Net Neutrality

You might be seeing a lot of red on the internet May 9. Many sites, including Etsy, Reddit, and OKCupid will adorn their pages with “red alerts” asking readers to tell their representatives to save net neutrality.

50 senators will force the Senate to schedule a vote on their proposal to reverse the Federal Communications Commission's December 2017 decision to repeal its net neutrality rules. The maneuver is an attempt to employ the Congressional Review Act, which allows Congress to overturn decisions made by federal agencies.  With Senator John McCain (R-AZ) ill and absent, the legislation could pass 50 to 49.

The measure will still face long odds, however. Republicans, who tend to support the FCC’s move to repeal net neutrality, hold a solid majority in the House of Representatives. If it were to pass the House, the measure would also need the signature of President Trump or a two-thirds vote in both houses of Congress to override a veto.