Democratic members of Congress this week moved to replace by legislative means the Net neutrality rules that a court decision last month suddenly rendered defunct. Lawmakers introduced the Open Internet Preservation Act in both chambers. The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals last month changed the telecom and data landscape by striking down Federal Communications Commission rules that mandated ISPs treat all Internet data the same — that is, they were prohibited from blocking or throttling legitimate content that a paying customer was accessing over their pipes.
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Dems Introduce Bills to Bring Back Net Neutrality
Posted by: Erika Morphy February 4, 2014 02:40 PMDemocratic members of Congress this week moved to replace by legislative means the Net neutrality rules that a court decision last month suddenly rendered defunct. Lawmakers introduced the Open Internet Preservation Act in both chambers. The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals last month changed the telecom and data landscape by striking down Federal Communications Commission rules that mandated ISPs treat all Internet data the same — that is, they were prohibited from blocking or throttling legitimate content that a paying customer was accessing over their pipes.