DeviantArt is teaming up with Battle For The Net, the campaign to fight for net neutrality. We need weaponized artworks to drive home the message.



July 12th will be a day of coordinated grassroots efforts across the net to bring attention to the shadowy efforts of powerful cable industry forces to do away with net neutrality — a rule that protects open and equal access to the net by all publishers. We will join alongside sites like Reddit, Twitter, Amazon, Vimeo, Netflix, Soundcloud, and many others in activating our memberships to stand together for net neutrality.

We’re asking deviants to create art that other deviants and Internet warriors can share on July 12th. Your art may also be selected to be distributed far and wide by the official Battle For The Net campaign. Make your voice heard through your art!





The FCC wants to destroy net neutrality and give big cable companies control over what we see and do online. If they get their way, they’ll allow widespread throttling, blocking, censorship, extra fees and discrimination in favor of the rich publishers who can afford to pay for the fast lane.



The Internet has thrived precisely because of net neutrality. It's what makes it so vibrant and innovative—a place for creativity, free expression, and exchange of ideas with a level playing field for all kinds of content. Without real, enforceable net neutrality rooted in the legal foundation known as Title II, the Internet will become more like Cable TV, where the content you see is what your provider gets paid to put in front of you by powerful corporate media interests.

HOW TO PARTICIPATE

Get inspired by visiting Battle For The Net to learn more about the initiative. Create an image that embodies the campaign for net neutrality—some examples have been included below. Use strong phrases like the ones suggested, and make sure your image would be impactful if shared on social media. When possible, include the BattleForTheNet.com URL into the image or description that accompanies it. Include the tag #BattleForTheNet when you submit your art. When you use this tag you agree the art can be used by anyone (or any organization) promoting net neutrality. Comment on this article with a link to your deviation.

SOME IDEAS

Illustrate the cable and telephone companies throttling Web developers

Depict greedy cable executives trolling the halls of government to wield power against the the netizens of the world

Try your hand at political cartooning

More examples

EXAMPLE PHRASES