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Title: House of Representatives passes Save The Net Act to restore Net Neutrality Post by: HCK on April 11, 2019, 04:05:20 pm House of Representatives passes Save The Net Act to restore Net Neutrality
The first step of a tough uphill battle. On a cold winter day in mid-December of 2017, the FCC voted to kill Net Neutrality. In June of last year, the protections that Net Neutrality offers were officially repealed. However, things could be looking up. On April 10, 2019, the House of Representatives voted in favor of passing the Save the Net Act — an act that would restore Net Neutrality in the U.S. Per Jessica Rosenworcel, FCC Commissioner who's been an active supporter of Net Neutrality, shared the following on April 10: BREAKING: The House just voted to make #NetNeutrality the law of the land. They got right what the @FCC got wrong when it rolled back open internet policies. This is big. The American people are not done fighting for an open internet & I'm proud to stand with them in that fight.— Jessica Rosenworcel (@JRosenworcel) April 10, 2019 While this is an important step forward if bringing back Net Neutrality, there's still a lot of work that needs to ... Source: House of Representatives passes Save The Net Act to restore Net Neutrality (http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheIphoneBlog/~3/v9YC0SH-Xq8/house-representatives-passes-save-net-act-restore-net-neutrality) |