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Daily Dot: The spinning wheel of death that threatens the entire Internet

Have you been worried about what the Internet slow lane will do to your favourite websites? A new action from a global coalition of Internet activists will show you just how bad it could get. Article by Eric Geller for the Daily Dot The realities of an Internet without net neutrality are about to become a bit more obvious.

In a move out of the anti-SOPA campaign playbook, Fight for the Future and other net neutrality activist groups have set up the Battle for the Net coalition, which plans to launch an “Internet slowdown day” later this month.

No actual traffic will be slowed down. Instead, participating sites will display embeddable modules that include a spinning “loading” symbol and information about contacting the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), the White House, and members of Congress.

- Read more at The Daily Dot



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