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# Obama Thanks Redditors After FCC Approves Strict Net Neutrality Rules

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## Maya Rhodan


Feb 27, 2015 12:11 AM UTC

by 

[Maya Rhodan](https://time.com/author/maya-rhodan/)


## Maya Rhodan


Feb 27, 2015 12:11 AM UTC

President Barack Obama knows his Reddit slang.

In a handwritten note, the Commander-in-Chief said he wished he could “upvote” every one of the Redditors who commented on the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)’s net neutrality rules amid the hard-fought battle.

> [](https://twitter.com/Alex44/status/571066745768710145)

On Thursday, the agency [approved](http://time.com/3723722/fcc-net-neutrality-2/) the strongest rules yet in a vote split along party lines. “This would not have happened without the activism and engagement of millions of Americans like you. And that was a direct result of communities like reddit,” Obama said in a longer note posted in a Reddit [blog post](http://www.redditblog.com/2015/02/thank-you-reddit-your-efforts-led-to.html).

Learn more about the FCC’s rules [here](http://time.com/3723722/fcc-net-neutrality-2/).

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