The FCC is holding its monthly meeting today with one extremely controversial item on the docket: its plan to end net neutrality. The proposal will remove the Title II classification of internet providers, pulling out the legal grounding used to enforce rules like no blocking, no throttling, and no paid fast lanes. In its place, the commission puts… well, nothing. The proposed rules merely require that ISPs inform you if they’re messing with your traffic. The FCC believes the Federal Trade Commission will take care of any problems that arise.

While FCC meetings are usually boring and genial events, today’s is likely to be a bit different. Two of the FCC’s five commissioners are fiercely opposed to the vote, and they’re likely to go all…

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