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California Legislature Approves Strongest Net Neutrality Bill in the U.S.

posted by chromas on Saturday September 01 2018, @11:45PM   Printer-friendly
from the gold-standard-from-the-golden-state dept.

takyon writes:

California passes strongest net neutrality law in the country

California's legislature has approved a bill being called the strongest net neutrality law in the US. The bill would ban internet providers from blocking and throttling legal content and prioritizing some sites and services over others. It would apply these restrictions to both home and mobile connections.

That would essentially restore the net neutrality rules enacted federally under former President Barack Obama, which were later repealed by the Federal Communications Commission under the watch and guidance of current chairman Ajit Pai. But this bill actually goes further than those rules with an outright ban on zero-rating — the practice of offering free data, potentially to the advantage of some companies over others — of specific apps. Zero-rating would, however, still be allowed as long as the free data applies to an entire category of apps. So an ISP could offer free data for all video streaming apps, but not just for Netflix. [...] The Electronic Frontier Foundation called the final legislation "a gold standard net neutrality bill."

Now, the bill heads to the governor's desk. California Gov. Jerry Brown hasn't said whether he'll sign the legislation, but it's garnered the support of top state Democrats, including House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and Sen. Kamala Harris.

Also at Engadget.

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  • (Score: 0, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday September 02 2018, @06:46AM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday September 02 2018, @06:46AM (#729445)

    Is this how it's going to be on SN. That an early Troll post that gets replies lives on indefinitely never going by -1? Mod points are fucking pointless if this is the situation. Good luck getting the first post.

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  • (Score: 2) by takyon on Sunday September 02 2018, @07:10AM

    by takyon (881) <takyonNO@SPAMsoylentnews.org> on Sunday September 02 2018, @07:10AM (#729451) Journal

    Comment started at 2, got modded to 0. Apparently you are dismayed you didn't get a third modder to join you. Frist post isn't everything either.

    I hope alcohol was involved in your comment.

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  • (Score: 2) by urza9814 on Tuesday September 04 2018, @02:38PM

    by urza9814 (3954) on Tuesday September 04 2018, @02:38PM (#730260) Journal

    So stop whining and fix it [soylentnews.org]

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