Pearl Jam has been venting its disappointment (to put it midly) that the ATT webcast blue room of its recent concert was censored.
ATT had silenced a few sentences in which the Pearl Jam expressed a negative opinion (to remain polite) on the current US President. See here for more information about what happened.
Since then, the concert has been entirely removed from the blue room.
Now, mind you, what is really interesting is that Pearl Jam made a theoretical point while criticizing AT&T's decision: they said that such involvement was against the principle of network neutrality that supposes the clear separation between content and medium on the internet. Highly debated principle as everything on the internet.
ATT originally defended its action by saying that they feared the band's speech would offend listeners, which is a line of defense used very effectively (and routinely) by TV networks.
Here is when it gets surprising: today, AT&T issued an apology on its blueroom website, apology to the fans and the band. I do not know how long the statement will be available here, so here is the statement. Enjoy! 
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