Net Neutrality War Heats Up, The Internet Wants To Crush ISP Ambitions

The fight for Net Neutrality has officially turned up and the Internet is bringing in some heavy hitters. The goal is simple: stop internet service providers from hijacking the web. On the ISPs’ side are the Federal Communications Commission and the Trump administration. The hope is that if the citizens scream loud enough, the government might actually do the right thing.

One of the people who are on the side of Net Neutrality is Tim Berners-Lee, the founder of the Internet itself, The Verge reports. According to him, the only reason he was even able to create the internet was because of Net Neutrality. Without it, he would have had to ask permission from someone or jump through several hoops, which would have made the internet a shell of what it is today.

Major Internet companies are fighting back as well. Google and Facebook have released statements and put up blog posts expressing their support for Net Neutrality and opposition to any attempt at gutting it. Naturally, the ACLU is throwing in its own considerable presence in the game, warning Americans exactly what would happen if the FCC succeeds in destroying Net Neutrality.

“Trump’s FCC wants to kill net neutrality,” the ACLU posted on its home page. “This would let the cable and phone companies slow down any site they don’t like or that won’t pay extra.”

This major outcry has led to massive protests against the FCC as well, with millions sending emails to Congress, posting comments at the FCC website, and the message is still spreading wide. Anyone who believes that Net Neutrality should be preserved and ISPs should not be able to throttle internet highways can join the fight with a single step. By simply adding one’s name to the list and passing on the message, there might still be a chance to convince the FCC to be the side of the consumers.