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posted by chromas on Wednesday March 27 2019, @02:14PM   Printer-friendly
from the 'bated-breath dept.

Democrats' Net Neutrality Bill Survives First Vote:

A bill backed by House Democrats to reinstate Obama-era net neutrality protections passed its first hurdle Tuesday.

Democrats pushed the Save the Internet Act through the House Energy and Commerce subcommittee in an 18-11 vote that fell along party lines. The legislation codifies rules that were repealed in December 2017 by the Republican-led FCC. As part of this repeal, the FCC abdicated its authority to protect consumers online to the Federal Trade Commission.

The bill introduced by Democrats is an attempt to end a nearly two-decade-old fight over how best to prevent broadband companies from abusing their power as gatekeepers to the internet. Specifically, it prevents broadband providers from blocking, slowing down or charging for faster access to the internet. But it also restores the FCC's authority as the "cop on the beat" when it comes to policing potential broadband abuses.

Republicans have criticized the legislation as giving the FCC too much authority to regulate ISPs.

What are the odds that it will pass?


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  • (Score: 1) by fustakrakich on Thursday March 28 2019, @12:45AM

    by fustakrakich (6150) on Thursday March 28 2019, @12:45AM (#821075) Journal

    party lines = contributors/lobbyists demands

    or the money goes elsewhere. It's strictly business. And the democrats are indistinguishable from the republicans, aside from that they (democrats) have to play two sides to keep the "liberal" money in the corral. The republicans don't have this issue. What both have to do is keep third parties from getting any attention/money.

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