UPDATE, Oct. 19, 9:25 a.m. PT: The FCC launched a new effort today to reinstate a robust set of net neutrality roles.
The commission voted 3-2 along party lines to seek public comment on a proposal that would essentially return to the set of rules adopted during the Obama administration then repealed during the Trump years.
The proposal would classify internet service as a “telecommunications” service under Title II of the Communications Act. That’s a regulatory maneuver that would empower the FCC to prohibit blocking and throttling of internet content, or creating so-called “fast lanes” for those who pay up.
Over the past two decades, the FCC has tried multiple times to come up with a set of neutrality rules, only to be rebuffed in court or by GOP control.
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