1837 upvotes, 8 direct replies (showing 8)
View submission: An Open Letter to the Reddit Community
that was the net neutrality bill correct?
Comment by RegalKillager at 30/01/2017 at 23:34 UTC
13 upvotes, 1 direct replies
Yup. Not even close to surprising - Reddit is a platform that only exists because of the internet as it is. Open and free. It would be stupid if they hadn't participated.
Comment by BATHULK at 30/01/2017 at 23:49 UTC
7 upvotes, 1 direct replies
I thought it was SOPA?
Comment by [deleted] at 30/01/2017 at 23:16 UTC
763 upvotes, 3 direct replies
Yup
Comment by jeffosaurusrex at 31/01/2017 at 06:05 UTC
2 upvotes, 0 direct replies
SOPA and PIPA regarded copyright, not net neutrality. The controversial part was penalizing sites i.e. mass government block list for copyright violations of their users. It's not easy to police every single page on the internet so basically it would have ended user-created content.
Comment by ilikepiesthatlookgay at 30/01/2017 at 23:39 UTC
2 upvotes, 2 direct replies
That was the day I lost a lot of respect for one of my favourite podcasters; Leo Laporte (mostly just security now, but some others are watchable), he went black and white video for a day instead.
Oh the hardship!
Comment by preme1017 at 30/01/2017 at 23:21 UTC
10 upvotes, 1 direct replies
SOPA, yes.
Comment by ArmoredFan at 31/01/2017 at 04:15 UTC
1 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Yeah it affects their bottom line of course they will take action. Thats lost $ waiting to happen!
Comment by [deleted] at 31/01/2017 at 00:13 UTC
-1 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Exactly - Something relevant to all users from all countries, as reddit is a website, something directly affected by that particular law.
This admins post is nothing to do with this website, the internet, etc...