The Free, Open Internet Is Under Threat, and It’s Too Boring for Anyone to Care

[Commentary] Among the many fragile regulatory frameworks being attacked with sledgehammers by the Trump Administration is “network neutrality,” a very important issue that will dictate how the internet evolves (or doesn’t) for years to come. The problem, though, is that net neutrality is very tough to sell as important to people, because it is one of the most boring topics in the world.

Net neutrality is a fight over whether your cable company gets to screw you. That’s the one sentence you need to remember. If you support net neutrality, you want to prevent cable companies from screwing over their customers by slowing down certain websites. If you support the Federal Communications Commission rolling back Title II regulations, you support the ability of cable companies to slow down the websites you love to visit.