Editing Net neutrality (section)

===Reactions to removing net neutrality in the US===
On 12 July 2017, an event called the [[Day of Action to Save Net Neutrality|Day of Action]] was held to advocate [[net neutrality in the United States]] in response to Ajit Pai's plans to remove government policies that upheld net neutrality. Several websites participated in this event, including ones such as [[Amazon.com|Amazon]], [[Netflix]], Google, and several other just as well-known websites. The gathering was called "the largest online protest in history." Websites chose many different ways to convey their message. The founder of [[the web]], [[Tim Berners-Lee]], published a video defending FCC's rules. [[Reddit]] made a pop-up message that loads slowly to illustrate the effect of removing net neutrality. Other websites also put up some less obvious notifications, such as Amazon, which put up a hard-to-notice link, or Google, which put up a policy blog post as opposed to a more obvious message.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theverge.com/2017/7/12/15958030/net-neutrality-day-of-action-internet-companies-list|title=Here's how the internet's net neutrality day of action unfolded|last=Lecher|first=Colin|date=12 July 2017|website=[[The Verge]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107021826/https://www.theverge.com/2017/7/12/15958030/net-neutrality-day-of-action-internet-companies-list|archive-date=7 November 2017|url-status=live|access-date=3 November 2017}}</ref>

A poll conducted by [[Mozilla]] showed strong support for net neutrality across [[US political parties]]. Out of the approximately 1,000 responses received by the poll, 76% of Americans, 81% of Democrats, and 73% of Republicans, support net neutrality.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://blog.mozilla.org/blog/2017/06/06/new-mozilla-poll-americans-political-parties-overwhelmingly-support-net-neutrality/|title=New Mozilla Poll: Americans from Both Political Parties Overwhelmingly Support Net Neutrality|last=Mozilla|date=6 June 2017|website=Mozilla|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107020559/https://blog.mozilla.org/blog/2017/06/06/new-mozilla-poll-americans-political-parties-overwhelmingly-support-net-neutrality/|archive-date=7 November 2017|url-status=live|access-date=3 November 2017}}</ref> The poll also showed that 78% of Americans do not think that Trump's government can be trusted to protect access to the Internet. Net neutrality supporters had also made several comments on the FCC website opposing plans to remove net neutrality, especially after [[Net Neutrality (Last Week Tonight)#"Net Neutrality II"|a segment]] by [[John Oliver]] regarding this topic was aired on his show ''[[Last Week Tonight]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2017/05/most-fcc-commenters-favor-net-neutrality-but-you-wouldnt-know-it-from-ajit-pai/|title=Flooded with thoughtful net neutrality comments, FCC highlights "mean tweets"|last=Brodkin|first=Jon|date=16 May 2017|website=Ars Technica|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107022204/https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2017/05/most-fcc-commenters-favor-net-neutrality-but-you-wouldnt-know-it-from-ajit-pai/|archive-date=7 November 2017|url-status=live|access-date=6 November 2017}}</ref> He urged his viewers to comment on the FCC's website, and the flood of comments that were received crashed the FCC's website, with the resulting media coverage of the incident inadvertently helping it to reach greater audiences.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92vuuZt7wak |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211213/92vuuZt7wak |archive-date=2021-12-13 |url-status=live|title=Net Neutrality II: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)|last=LastWeekTonight|date=7 May 2017|website=YouTube|access-date=2018-05-28}}{{cbignore}}</ref> However, in response, Ajit Pai selected one particular comment that specifically supported removal of net neutrality policies.

At the end of August, the FCC released more than 13,000 pages of net neutrality complaints filed by consumers, one day before the deadline for the public to comment on Ajit Pai's proposal to remove net neutrality. It has been implied that the FCC ignored evidence against their proposal to remove the protection laws faster. It has also been noted that nowhere was it mentioned how FCC made any attempt to resolve the complaints made. Regardless, Ajit Pai's proposal has drawn more than 22 million comments, though a large amount was spam. However, there were 1.5&nbsp;million personalized comments, 98.5% of them protesting Ajit Pai's plan.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2017/09/fcc-makes-net-neutrality-complaints-public-but-too-late-to-stop-repeal/|title=FCC makes net neutrality complaints public, but too late to stop repeal|last=Brodin|first=Jon|date=5 September 2017|website=Ars Technica|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107022032/https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2017/09/fcc-makes-net-neutrality-complaints-public-but-too-late-to-stop-repeal/|archive-date=7 November 2017|url-status=live|access-date=3 November 2017}}</ref>&nbsp;

{{As of|2018|1}},{{Update after|2018|5}} fifty senators had endorsed a legislative measure to override the Federal Communications Commission's decision to deregulate the broadband industry. [[Congressional Review Act|The Congressional Review Act]] paperwork was filed on 9 May 2018, which allowed the [[United States Senate|Senate]] to vote on the permanence of the new net neutrality rules proposed by the Federal Communications Commission.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2018/05/16/net-neutrality-is-getting-a-big-vote-in-the-senate-today-heres-what-to-expect/?noredirect=on|title=Senate approves bipartisan resolution to restore FCC net neutrality rules|last=Fung|first=Brian|date=16 May 2018|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|access-date=2018-05-28|archive-date=16 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180516222248/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2018/05/16/net-neutrality-is-getting-a-big-vote-in-the-senate-today-heres-what-to-expect/?noredirect=on|url-status=live}}</ref> The vote passed and a resolution was approved to try to remove the FCC's new rules on net neutrality; however, officials doubted there was enough time to completely repeal the rules before the [[Open Internet Order]] officially expired on 11 June 2018.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://techcrunch.com/2018/05/10/net-neutrality-will-officially-die-on-june-11/|title=Net neutrality will officially die on 11 June|last=Coldewey|first=Devin|date=10 May 2018|website=Tech Crunch|access-date=2018-05-28|archive-date=29 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180529165253/https://techcrunch.com/2018/05/10/net-neutrality-will-officially-die-on-june-11/|url-status=live}}</ref> A September 2018 report from Northeastern University and the University of Massachusetts, Amherst found that U.S. telecom companies are indeed slowing Internet traffic to and from those two sites in particular along with other popular apps.<ref>{{cite news |last=Kharif |first=Olga |date=4 September 2018 |title=YouTube, Netflix Videos Found to Be Slowed by Wireless Carriers |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-09-04/youtube-and-netflix-throttled-by-carriers-research-finds |work=[[Bloomberg News|Bloomberg]]|access-date=11 September 2018 |archive-date=11 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180911191439/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-09-04/youtube-and-netflix-throttled-by-carriers-research-finds |url-status=live }}</ref> In March 2019, congressional supporters of net neutrality introduced the Save the Internet Act in both the House and Senate, which if passed would reverse the FCC's 2017 repeal of net neutrality protections.<ref>{{cite news|last=Greer|first=Evan|date=6 March 2019|title=Trump killed net neutrality. Congress is getting a chance to bring it back|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/trump-killed-net-neutrality-congressional-democrats-are-trying-make-internet-ncna979786|work=[[NBC News]]|access-date=9 March 2019|archive-date=8 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190308043944/https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/trump-killed-net-neutrality-congressional-democrats-are-trying-make-internet-ncna979786|url-status=live}}</ref>