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December 19, 2017, 9:44 PM UTC

Blackburn Debuts Net Neutrality Bill

Bloomberg Law - Staff Reports

By Kyle Daly

The chair of a House telecom panel today introduced a bill that would restore a number of net neutrality rules the Federal Communications Commission recently voted to end, but would also enshrine a considerably laxer net neutrality regime than had been in place before the agency vote.

House Energy and Commerce Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) unveiled a measure that would ban internet service providers like Comcast Corp. and AT&T Inc. from blocking or slowing legal internet traffic on its way to subscribers. The bill would make the FCC the primary watchdog enforcing the ...

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