How Reddit And Others “broke The Internet” To Support Net Neutrality Today

Jon Brodkin, Ars Technica
Tue, 12/12/2017 - 1:50pm

Net neutrality rules will be repealed by the Federal Communications Commission Thursday, barring any unlikely last-minute changes. But net neutrality advocates won't let the vote pass quietly. Today was "Break the Internet" day, in which many websites altered their appearance and urged visitors to contact members of Congress about the pending repeal (see the gallery above for examples from Reddit, Kickstarter, GitHub, Mozilla, and others). There were also in-person protests last week, and there will be more on the way before the FCC vote.

Topics: federal communications commission thursday break internet congress reddit kickstarter github mozilla fcc read comments today net neutrality vote rules repeal

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