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Senate Democrats have put together 50 votes for a measure meant to block the Federal Communications Commission's December decision to end net neutrality rules put in place by the Obama administration.
Democrats are just one GOP vote shy of the 51-vote threshold for a Senate resolution of disapproval, which would strike down the FCC's December rules change.
"With full caucus support," Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) said, "it's clear that Democrats are committed to fighting to keep the internet from becoming the Wild West where ISPs are free to offer premium service to only the wealthiest customers while average consumers are left with far inferior options."
The Democrats' effort won the support of its first Republican backer, Sen. Susan Collins (Maine), last Tuesday.
(Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday January 17 2018, @07:43PM (2 children)
You're ignoring the end-user net neutrality, which is what matters more and is what people see.
InfoWars and Brietbart are getting censored. If you search for them, google will put up a little sidebar to scare you away. That doesn't happen for left-leaning sites, even if maximally bullshit. If you post stuff from them on Twitter, you can lose your account. If you post articles from them on Facebook, you may get a warning to not post about them.
This abuse is why there is no sympathy for complaints from the internet giants. Basically, everybody who isn't a leftist now hates those companies. When they want something like net neutrality, the demands fall on deaf ears.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday January 18 2018, @03:03AM
It appears my wish to be able to explain it to you has gone unfulfilled. I'll check my genie into the shop tomorrow morning.
(Score: 2) by dry on Thursday January 18 2018, @04:52AM
Never fear. Without net neutrality, your ISP can just route InfoWars and Brietbart into /dev/nul and it won't matter at all whether they're listed by Google or you post about them anywhere.