Now the net neutrality fight is serious—the porn sites engage

As the clock ticks down to the September 15th deadline for public comments to the Federal Communications Commission on net neutrality (have you submitted your comment?) the internet is gearing up to demonstrate just what's at stake. That includes two of the world's most popular content providers—porn sites.

Pornhub and Redtube, two of the world’s largest pornography sites, on Friday announced they would join the "go-slow" day of action planned for 10 September.

The porn giants join others including Reddit, Mozilla and Etsy in protest against plans by the Federal Communication Commission (FCC) to allow cable and telecoms firms to create fast lanes for some customers. […]

"We'll be displaying an official widget from battleforthenet.com. We won't be shutting down or streaming your porn slower. There will be a big in your face message that users will need to close. We hope to reach around 50 million people on Sept 10th," a Pornhub spokeswoman wrote on Reddit.

September 10th is a national day of action to save the internet. You, too, can help if you have a website of your own, even if you might not get the same kind of traffic at your site as Pornhub. Sign up here, and get the code to put a widget showing your support on your own web page.

Note, the widget doesn't actually slow down your site, it shows how long it could take for your site to load for a visitor if it was on the internet slow lane. You can see an example of how it works here.