Aug 31, 2018
California broke away from federal norm for the second time in recent months by passing its own net neutrality bill Thursday. Senate bill 822 was passed with 61 in favor and 18 against.The legislation was proposed by Democratic Sen. Scott Wiener and is intended to prevent internet service providers (ISP) from changing how they handle traffic based on the websites visited. The bill prohibits ISPs from purposefully blocking legal content, “engaging in third-party paid prioritization” and intentionally concealing information about network management practices, among other things.
The repeal of the rule was fought by Silicon Valley’s top players including Amazon, Facebook, Google and Netflix. Critics of the FCC’s repeal plan said it did not have the authority to “preempt state laws.” The FCC rebuttal said the U.S. shouldn’t operate under an “unwieldy patchwork of regulations.”
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