There's still hope.

For those of you who don't know what I'm talking about, last week the FCC scrapped the rules protecting net neutrality (If you don't know what that is, fear not; I explain it for you here). This has caused mass panic all over social media—I've been on and off my Tumblr all day and half my dash has been related to "the death of the internet."

It's worth noting that most of the blogs I follow are about cartoons.

The issue with mass hysteria like this is that we often lose sight of what we can actually do to fix what is causing said hysteria. Kind of when one sheep gets spooked and the only thing it knows how to do when it feels that amount of sheer terror is follow the sheep in front of it—and you end up with a situation like this:

What can you actually do (besides panic) to save net neutrality now? Is this the end of a free and open Internet?

Take a deep breath. Collect yourself.

The answer is a resounding "hell no." As I write this, we've got 17 states lined up to sue or object to the actions of Federal Communications Commission (FCC), the group that just repealed net neutrality.

BREAKING: The following states are suing Trump's FCC in order to preserve #NetNeutrality
💻California
💻Delaware
💻Hawaii
💻Illinois
💻Iowa
💻Kentucky
💻Maine
💻Maryland
💻Massachusetts
💻Mississippi
💻NY
💻North Carolina
💻Oregon
💻Pennsylvania
💻Vermont
💻Virginia
💻Washington
— Ed Krassenstein (@EdKrassen) December">https://twitter.com/EdKrassen/status/9413957906055... 14, 2017

(Note: it should be acknowledged that not all of these states are themselves pledging to sue. Some are joining another state's lawsuit or otherwise drafting legislation to maintain net neutrality ideals. The details at this point are different across news organizations).

If your state isn't on this list, call your Attorney General. Convince them that this is a violation of your legal rights. If you're going to do this, though, you're going to need to be well-educated on the issue of net neutrality and be familiar with basic legal jargon.

We've also got a Congressional Review Act coming down the pike. This gives Congress the power to "erase any new federal regulatory action within 60 congressional days if the president agrees," according to a Boston article. That may or may not happen, knowing Trump, but it means we still have hope.

In addition to the Congressional Review Act, Congress has a bill in progress in the House of Representatives to make what the FCC did illegal. Call your congresspeople. Tell them to vote in favor of this bill. If you have no idea how to do that/have horrible phone anxiety like yours truly/have no idea where your state's legislators stand, battleforthenet.com is an organized resource that gives you all you need to protest this repeal in any way you can. It even has scripts for you to follow and advice on how to make the most worthwhile call you can.

And if you think only money can get our net back, guess who else isn't happy about this? Netflix. Google. For once, we've actually got big businesses on our side.

If you've been making noise in the past about net neutrality, don't quit. If you've been quiet, now is the time to find your voice as a citizen and use it. Forget all the partisan junk surrounding this issue. In the wake of this, people are going to want to point fingers in any way they can -- but this is not a partisan problem. This is an American problem.

Stand up. Get loud. We've still got a long battle ahead, but the good news is that it's a battle we can win.