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

John Oliver's 13-minute Last Week Tonight segment explains the 2014 net neutrality fight over cable companies creating unequal internet speeds. It uses comedy to make a dull regulatory topic engaging and tells viewers how to comment to the FCC.

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Why HN readers recommended it

HN commenters use it as the go-to funny, accessible explanation of net neutrality and credit it with driving public comments to the FCC.

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
7
HN mentions in dataset
9
Recommendation years in dataset
2014–2017

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

Excerpts from the recorded comments. Follow each source for the full comment and surrounding discussion.

  • What was that? I am so disappointed to see that they featured a video showing net neutrality being ONLY about facebook, youtube and more video streaming... If they wanted to go mainstream, John Oliver did a much better job (and funnier, btw) [VIDEO]

    felipesabino on Hacker News · 2014-09
    In There Are Only Two Weeks Left to Comment on Net Neutrality

  • In case you haven't seen John Oliver's take on Net Neutrality, this video is 13 minutes well spent: [VIDEO] "Tom Wheeler is [like] a dingo"

    e0m on Hacker News · 2015-01
    In The Net Neutrality Bait and Switch

  • What can a "hacker" possibly have against John Oliver? He and his team were the most effective drivers for stronger Net Neutrality policies in the US. The man is a living legend. Edit: 12 million views on the abstract topic of Net Neutrality. That's what …

    musha68k on Hacker News · 2016-11
    In European Union dedicated questionnaire on the Encryption of Data

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