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Net Neutrality: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

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16M views12 years ago7 recommendations

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John Oliver explains the concept of net neutrality and the threat of cable companies creating fast and slow lanes on the internet.

Cable companies are trying to create an unequal playing field for internet speeds, but they're doing it so boringly that most news outlets aren't covering it. John Oliver explains the controversy and lets viewers know how they can voice their displeasure to the FCC. (www.fcc.gov/comments, for any interested parties) Connect with Last Week Tonight online... Subscribe to the Last Week Tonight YouTube channel for more almost news as it almost happens: www.youtube.com/user/LastWeekTonight Find Last Week Tonight on Facebook like your mom would: Facebook.com/LastWeekTonight Follow us on Twitter for news about jokes and jokes about news: Twitter.com/LastWeekTonight Visit our official site for all that other stuff at once: hbo.com/last-week-tonight-with-john-oliver It's HBO.

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7 people recommend this

What people say. Widely recommended as the most engaging, funny, and effective explanation of net neutrality for a general audience.

felipesabinoon Hacker News • Recommends

On “There Are Only Two Weeks Left to Comment on Net Neutrality”

What was that? I am so disappointed to see that they featured a video showing net neutrality being ONLY about facebook, youtube and more video streaming... If they wanted to go mainstream, John Oliver did a much better job (and funnier, btw) link to this video

e0mon Hacker News • Recommends

On “The Net Neutrality Bait and Switch”

In case you haven't seen John Oliver's take on Net Neutrality, this video is 13 minutes well spent: link to this video "Tom Wheeler is like a dingo"

musha68kon Hacker News • Recommends

On “European Union dedicated questionnaire on the Encryption of Data”

What can a "hacker" possibly have against John Oliver? He and his team were the most effective drivers for stronger Net Neutrality policies in the US. The man is a living legend. Edit: 12 million views on the abstract topic of Net Neutrality. That's what I would call a feat indeed: link to this video

danesparzaon Hacker News • Recommends

On “Netflix responds to Verizon”

I agree that our bandwidth to price ratio is shitty in this country. But until we have viable competition in THIS country, our rates won't come down. John Oliver's rant on Net Neutrality (ironically on HBO) sums this up pretty nicely: link to this video

spuiszison Hacker News • Recommends

On “Verizon's accidental mea culpa”

I have Comcast as well and it's gotten because of the deal Netflix struck with them... link EDIT: John Oliver also talks quite eloquently about this as well: link to this video

shmerlon Hacker News • Recommends

On “FCC plan would give Internet providers power to choose the sites customers see”

John Oliver found a good way to explain it: link to this video link The problem is that ISP shills that make these decisions don't care about public opposition. They aren't elected officials.

sunnykguptaon Hacker News • Recommends

On “Join the Battle for Net Neutrality”

While we are on the topic, may I bring up John Oliver's June 1 2014 episode. link to this video tl;dw - For those who want to understand how closely the government is related to those who benefit from NO net-neutrality.

vmarqueton Hacker News • Mentions

On “72% of Consumers Don't Know What Net Neutrality Is”

I thought this was quite high, since the net neutrality issue had a lot of coverage in the media, see for example the two John Oliver talks about it: link to this video link

cookiecaperon Hacker News • Mentions

On “F.C.C. Repeals Net Neutrality Rules”

>Nothing but damn lies. Please review the civility guidelines. If nothing else, mischaracterizing a clearly-labeled presumptive statement as a "damn lie" reveals your malice and discredits your POV. As I alluded to in the grandparent, it was not at all obvious that the FCC or other elements of the Obama administration were working toward net neutrality when the jokes about Obama leaving the baby to the dingos were getting flung around. 0 > What burden of net neutrality repeal? There was no burden because there was no requirement to repeal NN. It was clear that ISPs did not fit the legal definition of Title II carriers which is why they weren't just classified as such at the beginning. It w…