The internet, as it is currently known and used, is about to die.
Comcast is currently undergoing a legal motion in the DC Circuit Federal Court to void a previous FCC nondiscrimination act. This would allow companies like Comcast, AT&T, Verizon and others to essentially decide what websites work through their service and which ones don't. This comes with a broad range of implications, including the death of the free sharing, idea driven internet we currently have.
I don't know what we can do about this, but I feel like awareness is the first step. Please, use the power of the internet that we still hold to share this on Facebook, Twitter, your Tumblr, and anywhere else that it will catch eyes.
Here's a link to a fairly comprehensive article about the issues:
http://www.wired.com/opinion/2013/11/so-the-internets-about-to-lose-its-net-neutrality/
Information about the 2010 case:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/04/06/AR2010040600742.html
Please, don't just shrug this off as another conspiracy or anything like that. This is a very real threat to free information, and it casts a bleak shadow on the future of the internet with corporations like Comcast, AT&T, and Verizon essentially deciding what succeeds and fails on the web.
TL;DR: The internet is about to die.
