California legislators stealthily ‘eviscerate’ state’s net neutrality bill

California legislators stealthily ‘eviscerate’ state’s net neutrality bill

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https://techcrunch.com/2018/06/20/california-legislators-stealthily-eviscerate-states-net-neutrality-bill/

A group of legislators in California have sneakily but comprehensively “eviscerated” the state’s imminent net neutrality bill, removing a huge amount of protections in a set of last-minute amendments. State Senator Scott Wiener called the hostile rework of the bill “outrageous.”

California’s net neutrality bill has been cited as an excellent example of what states can do to protect their citizens now that the 2015 rules have been officially rolled back and weaker ones substituted. And in some ways it actually went further than the FCC’s popular rules, which were a bit more conservative on, for example, the practice of zero rating.