Major internet companies are organizing a protest to save the internet

Several large U.S. tech firms have pledged to “go slow” for a day in order to protest a pending federal decision that could add fast and slow lanes to the Internet. But fear not, the slowdown campaign won’t actually curb your surfing speeds. Rather, companies such as Kickstarter, Reddit, Mozilla, Etsy, and Foursquare, have committed to using some form of a widget or banner that shows a revolving wheel-like icon to symbolize slow loading on Sept. 10, five days before the Federal Communications Commission’s comment period on proposed internet rules are scheduled to end.