You'll find spinning wheels at the top of Netflix, Etsy, Foursquare and other top sites today, as they take part in Internet Slowdown Day. While sites won't slow down for real, participating Internet companies will be covered with the symbolic loading icons "to remind everyone what an Internet without net neutrality would look like," the organizers write on their website.
It's all part of a push to get the Federal Communications Commission to enact stronger protections for net neutrality. "We're going to reach millions and millions of people who have never heard the words "net neutrality" before," writes Fight for the Future's Evan Greer. The group advocates for tougher net neutrality protections.
So if you wind up seeing the loading icon messages, here's a quick review of the issue.
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