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Urban spaces are often designed as subtly hostile to certain uses. Think about seat partitions on bus terminal benches that make it harder for the homeless to sleep there or decorative leaves on railings in front of office buildings and university campuses that serve to make skateboarding dangerous.
To counter the FCC’s attack on net neutrality, we need to start treating the Internet like the public good it is.
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Stephen has a message for the FCC that also involves a phrase beginning with 'F.'
The overwhelming majority of the public, including Republicans, support net neutrality. The FCC just voted to end it. Here's what happens next.
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John Oliver encourages internet commenters to voice their displeasure with attacks on Internet freedom to the FCC by visiting www.gofccyourself.com
Plus, Seth takes a closer look at Trump and the GOP's plan to allow Internet companies to sell people's Internet data.
(Fair warning: some of these are fairly wonky, so if you’re not the type that gets excited by telecom law, you can always skip to the part where you call your senators and representative and tell them not to repeal the FCC’s ISP privacy rules—because if we raise our voices together, we can stop Congress before it’s too late.)
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