Comcast protest (Photo : Reuters)
Internet neutrality advocates celebrated their victory over large internet service providers by trolling the Comcast headquarters on Friday, the day after the Federal Communications Commission decided to reclassify the Internet as a public utility service.
The trolling was organized by net neutrality advocates composed of Fights for the Future, Free Press and Demand Progress. The groups had flown an airplane dragging a 2,000 square-foot banner containing the message, "Comcast: Don't Mess With The Internet #SorryNotSorry." The banner also featured one of the Internet's most famous meme, Grumpy Cat, which shows a frowning cat.
The banner was flown over downtown Philadelphia where the Comcast corporate headquarter is located. According to the organizers, the banner was supposed to be flaunted right after the vote was done unfortunately they were force to reschedule it due to snowy weather, according to DCInno.
The stunt is just one of the many public protests done by the group who has been campaigning for net neutrality for quite some time now. The group has also helped organized online events in order to energize its supporters and disseminate information all over the public domain.
Despite strict disapproval of big ISP's like Comcast, the government has decided to regulate the Internet as a public utility service and this move is one of the major winning milestones of the neutrality advocates.
Fight for the Future campaign director Evan Greer issued a statement saying, "Comcast should have known that Internet users would not tolerate their blatant attacks on free speech and democracy. Let this be a warning to every goliath company, government, and institution of power in the world."
Greer added that if these big ISP's will continue to attack the Internet, the Internet will fight back and the Internet always win.
The trolling was caught on video and was posted on YouTube by Evan Greer.
