go to amazon, twitter, reddit or many other sites and you could be asked to wait on a slower connection, or pay extra, or you may be blocked altogether. thankfully, these warnings aren t real. they re part of an internet wide protest, with the aim of protecting net neutrality. net neutrality is the basic principle that protects our freedom of speech on the internet. it s the guiding rules that have made the internet into what it is today, and it prevents our internet service providers so the cable companies like comcast, horizon and at&t from controlling what we can see and do when we go online. under the net neutrality principle, all data should be treated equally by isps. that means they can t slow down companies who refuse to pay to have their data prioritised, and they can t charge customers for fast access to certain data. but the us federal communications commission, the fcc, voted recently to overturn rules from 2015 which enshrined these neutrality principles, and
then bringing up old hurts and deliberately finding people in anguish to put on our screens. i m fed up with it. now the bbc s director general lord hall and out the corporation s annual plan this week, and he addressed what he called the huge competition presented online by companies such as amazon and netflix. one of the responses he proposed was the development of virtual reality content including in news and current affairs. there has a ready been some work in this area including a short vr film which dramatises a syrian family s journey to europe on smuggled boats. we are all tired. the film, based on real account of it by bbc news and animated by the makers of wallace and gromit won an industry award this week. it may not be news as we know it, but could it be the future? virtual reality footage like that is only properly experience by wearing a headset. but a simpler version, 360 degrees video can be viewed online or on mobiles. the first such report was filmed followi
change at the top of the agenda. in sport, two britons remain in the singles draw at wimbledon johanna konta and andy murray make it through to the second week here at the all england club. the lions‘ pride. we ll be live with fans as britain and ireland try to create history in today s decider against the all blacks. and helen has the weather. good morning. a little more clout in the south today at a little less in the south today at a little less in the north, it essentially it looks like a decent day, all the weekend details for you if you join me in around 15 minutes. good morning. first, our main story. low water pressure and insufficient equipment are among a number of failings bbc has uncovered which may have hampered firefighters efforts to stop the grenfell tower blaze. newsnight has learned a tall ladder did not arrive on site for more than half an hour, which has led to a change in london fire brigade procedures. john sweeney reports. firefighters say they expe
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