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Net Neutrality II: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

John Oliver's Last Week Tonight segment on net neutrality, explaining the stakes of the FCC's push to roll back the rules and urging viewers to file comments. It is a comedic but substantive explainer.

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Why HN readers recommended it

HN points people to it as a good plain-language explanation of net neutrality during the 2017 FCC fight.

This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.

Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel
LastWeekTonight
Topic
net neutrality
Format
commentary
Level
general
HN recommenders in dataset
2
HN mentions in dataset
6
Recommendation years in dataset
2017–2017

These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.

From the original HN conversations

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  • The FCC Chairmen wants to get rid of net neutrality the only thing keeping the internet open and free. He doesn't apparently have the same idea. Here is a video to explain everything: [VIDEO]

    natejackdev on Hacker News · 2017-05
    In Save the Internet Net Neutrality is under attack

  • John Oliver found a good way to explain it: [LINK] [VIDEO] The problem is that ISP shills that make these decisions don't care about public opposition. They aren't elected officials.

    shmerl on Hacker News · 2017-11
    In FCC plan would give Internet providers power to choose the sites customers see

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