Don't Be an 'Enemy of the Internet,' Free Press Warns Cruz
Free Press attacked Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, Friday by flying a plane over Austin displaying a message asking him not to be “an enemy of the Internet.” Cruz has criticized the FCC net neutrality order and reclassification of broadband as…
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a Communications Act Title II service, which Free Press strongly supports. The group was scheduled to have the plane fly over the state capitol Friday and Saturday. "Senator Cruz needs to decide: Is he on the side of monopoly-minded cable companies or will he stand with the millions of U.S. Internet users fighting for free speech online?" Free Press Action Fund Internet Campaign Director Candace Clement said in a statement. "The people of Texas know the answer. It's time for politicians like Cruz to cut their ties to Big Cable and support real Net Neutrality." A Free Press news release pointed out that “during his relatively short tenure in the Senate, Cruz has received more than $60,000 in campaign donations from the same phone and cable companies trying to kill Net Neutrality.” A Cruz spokeswoman didn’t comment, but Cruz was actively mentioning net neutrality via social media. “Two weeks after the #FCC passed their 313-page #NetNeutrality order, you can finally read it,” Cruz tweeted Thursday, citing the publication of the agency’s net neutrality order text. “#DontMessWithTheNet,” he added.