John Oliver's Net neutrality campaign may have spurred 150,000 comments to FCC
by Mike Snider and Elizabeth Weise
Nearly 200,000 people have already commented on net neutrality to the Federal Communications Commission - many likely spurred on by HBO's John Oliver.
The comedian and host of the premium pay-TV channel's "Last Week Tonight With John Oliver" on Sunday urged viewers to go to the FCC's web site to voice their support for current net neutrality regulations passed in 2015. The FCC had prepared for a new round of public comment after FCC Chairman Ajit Pai last month began the process of reconsidering the net neutrality rules, which require Internet service providers to treat all legal content equally.
The most important part of the story isn't mentioned in the USA Today article: it's the tiny little detail of *HOW* Mr. Oliver got so many Netizens to visit the FCC site.
In the HBO video, Mr. Oliver gave his viewers two URL's which shorten the process of making a comment to the FCC: both
and
will redirect viewers to -
,where they may clink on the "+Express" link on the right side of the screen to leave a comment.
Bill Horne Moderator