Still confused about net neutrality? These hilarious videos break it down for you

Still confused about net neutrality? These hilarious videos break it down for you

FP Staff April 17, 2015, 19:17:12 IST

Punch Tantraa, John Oliver, Hank Green, AIB and Jimmi Kimmle explain the importance of Net Neutrality.

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Still confused about net neutrality? These hilarious videos break it down for you

In the last week as the debate over net neutrality heated up on social media, a number of posts have gone up on websites and blogs, and videos have been uploaded on YouTube explaining what it’s all about. In simple terms, net neutrality means that every user on the internet gets equal access to the content without any restrictions, and at the same speed.

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Many companies like Airtel have come up with plans which go against this basic setup and will be able to control your bandwidth treating all websites and apps with different speed.

Confused enough? Don’t worry, people across the world have taken upon themselves to explain what net neutrality is and some have done the job hilariously.

Here is the list of some of the most hilarious videos explaining what net neutrality is and why it is important:

So, what can be more annoying that Airtel’s attempts to quash net neutrality? Well, have you seen their myPlan ads? For the past couple of months, Airtel has been coming out with ads for their ‘myPlan’ scheme. The basic premise revolves around being nice to others in order to extract favours from them (like we didn’t know how life works).

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- Now Punch Tantraa has come out with a parody of one their ads, sending a message on the importance of net neutrality:

The original ad in question:

- John Oliver explains the issue in depth:

- Hank Green debates with himself (literally) on the issue:

- AIB’s video explaining Net Neutrality in India:

- Jimmi Kimmel takes a more hands-on approach in explaining the issue:

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