The Young Turks: How Technology Giants Are Fighting to Protect the Internet Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian - The Young Turks
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Major internet companies are rallying against Trump’s FCC. Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian, the hosts of The Young Turks, tell you how they’re fighting back. (The Young Turks)

Technology giants like Amazon, Spotify, Reddit, Facebook, Google, Twitter, and many others are have rallied in a so-called “day of action” in support of net neutrality, five days ahead of the first deadline for comments on the US Federal Communications Commission’s planned rollback of the rules.

In a move that’s equal parts infuriating and exasperating, Ajit Pai, the FCC’s new chairman appointed by President Trump, wants to scrap the open internet protections installed in 2015 under the Obama administration. Those consumer protections mean providers such as AT&T, Charter, Comcast, and Verizon are prevented from blocking or slowing down access to the web.

Related: Here’s How the Internet’s Net Neutrality Day of Action Unfolded (The Verge)

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