The CEO of Netflix is defending net neutrality — the principle of open and equal Internet access. Last month, Netflix agreed to pay Comcast for faster and more direct access to its subscribers, a move seen as a threat to net neutrality. In a blog post Thursday, Netflix CEO Reed Hastings wrote: “Some big [Internet Service Providers] are extracting a toll because they can — they effectively control access to millions of consumers and are willing to sacrifice the interests of their own customers to press Netflix and others to pay. … While in the short term Netflix will in cases reluctantly pay large ISPs … we will continue to fight for the Internet the world needs and deserves.”