Dear Editor,
Allow me to reinterpret AT
&
amp;T’s marketing slogan:
”
AT
&
amp;T: Your World. Delivered
… to the NSA.
”
Dear Editor,
Allow me to reinterpret AT&T’s marketing slogan: “AT&T: Your World. Delivered … to the NSA.”
It shouldn’t come as a surprise that the telecom giants AT&T and Verizon so quickly turned over our phone records to the administration. Let’s connect the dots here … Both phone companies are leading the lobbying effort to pass nationwide franchising that will instantly turn them into our new cable provider, rob cities of the ability to control public rights of way, kill community TV as we know it, and MOST importantly, net them billions and billions of dollars from taxpayers in the process.
What are a few civil liberties when you’ve got billions of dollars in profit at stake?
If this disturbs you as it does me, contact your representatives in Washington D.C. Both the House and Senate are debating the Verizon/AT&T bills in the coming weeks. Time is of the essence and there is strength in numbers, folks …
Suzanne St. John-Crane, Executive Director, CMAP
