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Internet-Wide Day Of Action To Save Net Neutrality

In 2015, protestors and companies worked together to win strong net neutrality laws from the FCC.   Recently Ajit Pai, a member of the FCC, has pushed legislature removing these net neutrality laws, leaving the internet open to exploitation from ISPs.  What Is Net Neutrality? This is a question I am sure many people have, and the best description of I have seen comes from  /u/sophacles  who answered this exact question on Reddit six years ago:  link The Internet-Wide Day Of Action To Save Net Neutrality. AKA Battle For The Net Day July 12th was the day that was chosen to be the day of activism for Net Neutrality. Groups worked together, attempting to make the FCC change their mind. Additionally there was a major focus and increasing awareness for net neutrality and explaining what what it is and how it affects us. Who participated? The list of companies who decided to participate in this event is what I find the most interesting. There are many companies who have alre