We're a bit late to the party, but for those who haven't seen on the Internet, today is a protest day for Net Neutrality, where sites across the internet are disrupting their normal operations to get the word out and get people to send a message. Ars Technica already has a fairly decent summary of who's doing what, and we stand with them and the rest of the Internet.
Due to real life issues, I was late on getting this together, but for the rest of the day, this article will remain on the top of the page and we will be blacking the theme of the site in protest [Technical issues among others precluded our doing so today --martyb].
If you're a US citizen, and want to get the word out, check Battle for the Net, and get the word out. In addition, there are long discussions going on reddit and other sites throughout the internet
Let's get the word out!
~ NCommander
(Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 12 2017, @07:26PM (6 children)
Unlimited data means unlimited torrents! Fuck you MAFIAAFCC fuckers! I paid for my last mile when I paid sales tax on weed! Give me the unlimited data I fucking deserve!
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 12 2017, @07:45PM (5 children)
This isn't about unlimited usage. It's about ISPs picking winners and losers on the Internet. And a big ISP, AT&T, is buying CNN. So fake news could win.
(Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 12 2017, @07:48PM
Slashdot : winner
SoylentNews : loser
HAHAHA fuck you losrs
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 12 2017, @09:32PM
Like Comcast merged with NBC.
(Score: 2, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 12 2017, @10:35PM
Yeah. We kicked this around a few days ago.
Over 50,000 Entities Have Signed on to the July 12 2017 Net Neutrality Day of Action [soylentnews.org]
He's the infographic again:
The Internet Without Net Neutrality [imgur.com]
-- OriginalOwner_ [soylentnews.org]
(Score: 2) by kaszz on Thursday July 13 2017, @12:27AM (1 child)
So big ISP is the problem?
(Score: 2, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday July 13 2017, @01:37AM
Yes, although it isn't only about ISPs. In America, people usually have just a few ISPs they can choose from. It's an oligopoly. With the Comcast-NBC and proposed AT&T-Time Warner combinations your cable company may be your ISP, and it also owns a TV production company. If net neutrality isn't enforced, the ISP will obviously be tempted to penalize customers who use third-party Internet video services. There's a conflict of interest.
"In 1983, 90% of US media was controlled by 50 companies; as of 2011, 90% was controlled by just 6 companies," says the Wikipedia article on media consolidation. [wikipedia.org] The Telecommunications Act of 1996 [wikipedia.org] greatly accelerated the concentration of ownership, especially of radio stations. With fewer owners, there's less diversity of ideas. It becomes harder for people to inform themselves. It's anti-democratic.