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FCC Receives Record Number of Comments over Net Neutrality

HeadlineSep 12, 2014

The Federal Communications Commission says it has received a record number of comments about its proposal to effectively end net neutrality. On Wednesday, thousands of websites joined the “Internet Slowdown,” a day of action against the FCC’s plans, which would let corporate ISPs create fast and slow lanes for Internet service. The protest helped bring in nearly 1.5 million comments. That beats the previous record set in 2004 when the FCC was flooded with complaints over a wardrobe malfunction that revealed Janet Jackson’s breast on live television during the Super Bowl halftime show.

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