Yesterday the California senate took a stand against the repeal of the Net Neutrality rules and voted to put their own rules in place. The bill restores the FCC rules on blocking, throttling and paid prioritization but goes even further to ban paid data-cap exemptions.

The bill still has to pass the State Assembly and be approved by the governor.

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California Senate defies AT&T, votes for strict net neutrality rules

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Today may very well signal the end of the landmark Net Neutrality rules that were put in place just 2 years ago. The FCC will vote on whether or not the Internet remains classified as a utility, and is therefore subject to the same regulations as power and land-line phones, or returning it to a previous classification with far fewer regulations.  The vote is expected to be split along political party lines and repeal the regulations.  This is despite the fact that a clear majority of voters, both Republican and Democrat, support the continuance of Net Neutrality.

The FCC website is calling this move "Restoring Internet Freedom" while opponents see it as removing critical consumer protections.   Providers are cur...

Yesterday the Senate Commerce Committee voted unanimously to approve the Stop Enabling Sex Trafficking Act (SESTA).  The bill faces a hard road before it could reach a full congressional vote, and tech companies as well as some anti-trafficking groups have major concerns about the possible consequences of this going into effect as it is currently written.  The Internet Association and big tech companies have been staunchly opposed

to the bill.  SESTA would remove Section 230 protections which currently prevent sites from being prosecuted for illegal user content, and instead make it possible to hold them legally responsible for illegal user posts.  While this may seem perfectly reasonable on the surface, the sheer amount ...