Twitter Joins Reddit and Netflix in Net Neutrality Protest

Twitter has joined Netflix, Reddit, Mozilla, Kickstarter, Upworthy and others in an “internet slowdown” protest in support of net neutrality today.

Many technology firms are concerned that proposed new regulations from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) will lead to some users facing extra charges from broadband service providers for full-speed access to the most popular internet websites, which includes social media portals such as Twitter and Facebook.

To show that they are taking part some of these platforms will display a spinning wheel – a familiar icon for slow loading speed – but will otherwise run normally.

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