For this reason, some have described net neutrality as the “first amendment of the internet”. Bouquets of flowers and white candles were placed on the grass outside the building, an apparent reference to the “death” of open internet. Comcast customers will continue to enjoy all of the benefits of an open internet today, tomorrow, and in the future. Critical senators have said the ruling ‘will undermine long-standing protections that that have ensured the open internet’. “Repealing the FCC’s net neutrality rules will undermine long-standing protections that that have ensured the open internet as a powerful and transformative platform of innovation and economic opportunity,” they wrote.

Source: The Guardian December 14, 2017 16:33 UTC