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The FCC moved against Comcast as part of an overall strategy to defend and promote Net Neutrality.
Proponents of Net Neutrality — which include most Internet search and content companies, along with several officials in the current administration — believe that regulators should prevent Internet service providers like Comcast from prioritizing customers' access to some network services over others. Comcast placed restrictions on the BitTorrent Internet protocol because it claims that the customers who download things via BitTorrent are placing too much strain on the network and slowing down service for other users.