Net Neutrality: The goal of Internet Slowdown Day

Protesters hold a rally to support 'net neutrality' and urge the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to reject a proposal that would allow Internet service providers such as AT&T and Verizon 'to boost their revenue by creating speedy online lanes for deep-pocketed websites and applications and slowing down everyone else,' on May 15, 2014 at the FCC in Washington, DC.

Sites like Netflix and Reddit are participating in Internet Slowdown Day as a protest in favor of net neutrality. What are they calling on users to do and will it make a difference?

Visitors to sites like Netflix, Etsy, Reddit and Digg will find something a bit different online today.

These sites and more are participating in something known as Internet Slowdown Day.

It's a digital protest in support of net neutrality--"to funnel the public's attention to the Federal Communication Commission's on-going rulemaking on open Internet principles and practices, the Washington Post reports.

Washington Post's Nancy Scola writes for the The Switch blog and shares more.