The Federal Communications Commission voted to repeal net neutrality protections on Thursday, and late-night television had a lot to say about it.
"Uh, anybody here use the internet?" The Late Show's Stephen Colbert asked his audience. "It's a sad day for us web-ka-teers, us internauts," he said, while explaining that the move would repeal regulations that prevented internet providers from blocking certain websites or slowing down users' data. "And that's wrong. The only thing that should slow your internet speed is the number of people also sitting at Starbucks working on their screenplays," he joked.
"So now, a big player like Google could make their site load faster than a smaller player like Etsy," he explained. "Which is bad news for my Etsy shop, Steve's Sleeves. Some people sell shirts with the sleeves cut off, Steve's sells sleeves with the shirts cut off."
The faux Etsy store's slogan? "Steve's Sleeves: You have the right to not bare arms."
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