John Oliver Rallies ‘the Internets’ to Oppose FCC’s Plan to Kill Net Neutrality (Video)

“It seems that the Trump era will, basically, Control-Z everything that happened on Obama’s watch,” HBO host laments

John Oliver, who almost single-handedly raised public awareness for the issue of net neutrality three years ago, renewed his campaign for open access to the internet on Sunday and targeted the Trump-era FCC’s proposal to reverse course.

“I’m calling upon all of you, the internets, the time-wasters and trouble-makers to join me once more in just five to 10 minutes of minor effort,” he said, rising from behind his desk on HBO’s “Last Week Tonight.”

Oliver’s team created a URL — gofccyourself.com — that expedites the laborious steps on the FCC website to make a public comment on the proposed rollback.

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