Net neutrality is officially dead. Here's what that means.

Everyone take a moment of silence please — the free and open internet is now officially dead.

In December 2017 the FCC, under chairman Ajit Pai, voted to repeal net neutrality, signaling the end of the open internet as we know it.

The decision was controversial at the time, with everyone from Alyssa Milano to Reddit calling out the FCC in the lead-up to the vote, but the the vote was just the first step toward repeal. To enact the change, the FCC would have to officially list the ruling and provide a timeline for it.

That listing came in February and, along with it, a date that the rescinding of net neutrality would take effect: April 23. Read more...