The folks at SavetheInternet.com Coalition should be happy, as they have won two Webby Awards. One for their grassroots campaign to protect Net Neutrality and the other for a video about Net Neutrality. The Webby awards are sponsored in part by phone behemoth Verizon Communications, an irony since they are not friends of the net neutrality movement.
Net Neutrality Sponsored By Verizon?
“This vote for SavetheInternet.com is also a vote for the millions of Americans who came online and took action last year to stop phone and cable companies from seizing control of our freedom of choice on the Internet,” said Timothy Karr, campaign director of Free Press, the nonpartisan group that coordinates the SavetheInternet.com Coalition.
“While we’re honored to be recognized for this important work, the fight for Net Neutrality is far from over.”
SavetheInternet will be awarded their Webby’s in New York City on June 5. They will receive an award for “Best Activism Web site” and one for “Best Public Service Video” for their “Save the Internet: Independence Day” video.
Both awards are in the category of “People’s Voice”, where winners were chosen by votes from around the world.
“Thanks to the efforts of this broad coalition, the issue of Net Neutrality has moved from an obscure technical topic to become the most hotly debated issue concerning the Internet today,” said Matt Thompson, director of SavetheInternet.com’s Independence Day video.
“This isn’t just a technical issue involving large companies; it speaks to the democratic values that are at the heart of the American dream.”
