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

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essentially restore the net neutrality rules enacted federally under former President Barack Obama, which were later repealed by the Federal Communications Commission under the watch and guidance of current chairman Ajit Pai.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: 2) by Entropy on Sunday September 02 2018, @11:17AM (2 children)

    by Entropy (4228) on Sunday September 02 2018, @11:17AM (#729469)

    It's kind of amazing. I haven't heard anything good coming from California for so long that I barely know what to think of this. Seems they usually just muck up the rest of the world by ruining things like gasoline cans(CARB compliant = Junk)

    I guess they can't always fail.

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  • (Score: 2, Insightful) by The Mighty Buzzard on Sunday September 02 2018, @11:30AM (1 child)

    by The Mighty Buzzard (18) Subscriber Badge <themightybuzzard@proton.me> on Sunday September 02 2018, @11:30AM (#729471) Homepage Journal

    California's a useful testbed for the more wacky ideas progtards come up with. That way they can have their little "victories" and none of the rest of us have to put up with such idiocy. But, yeah, hardly anyone is always wrong.

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    • (Score: 0, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday September 02 2018, @02:38PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Sunday September 02 2018, @02:38PM (#729527)

      Ya you get your ttied and true stupidity wherr you leech off california. Thanks regular tard.