The Federal Communications Commission on Thursday took the first step in a net neutrality plan that could make it harder to access Netflix, Facebook and YouTube, or guarantee your access to those websites under certain circumstances.

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This week, a group of musicians including Roger Waters, Joe Perry, Eddie Vedder and Michael Stipe sent an open letter to Wheeler voicing their First Amendment concerns.

“Allowing broadband providers to control this once-open platform shifts power away from individual artists and creators and interferes with freedom of speech and expression. Unless the Commission restores strong nondiscrimination protections based on a solid legal framework, creativity, cultural commerce and free expression will suffer,” the group said.

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