Comcast has taken advantage of the very real public concerns about the loss of Net Neutrality and tried to paint itself as a savior of the open Internet — but this couldn’t be further from the truth.

For years local TV station conglomerates have used sneaky loopholes to evade federal limits on how much media one company can own. But there are hopeful signs that this practice is coming under increased scrutiny in Washington.

In the wake of a Jan. 14 court ruling that struck down the Federal Communications Commission’s Net Neutrality rules, we’ve pushed the FCC to reclassify broadband — a simple fix that would allow it to craft new rules that would stand up to judicial scrutiny. But on Wednesday the agency took a much more timid path.

In a world where the owners of the network get to decide what speech flows over the network, will it be possible to organize against injustices that the broader society and powers that be find acceptable?