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We did, briefly, under Obama. More recently, the previous administration unwound those rules. More technically: NN was implemented via the existing authority o
by joe-collins 5y ago
We did, briefly, under Obama. More recently, the previous administration unwound those rules.
More technically: NN was implemented via the existing authority of the FCC, rather than any new law. Then the FCC, under new leadership, decided that internet service was outside of that authority, actually, and dropped that enforcement. Under Biden, there has been no change back in the other direction. (And at no point has there been a separate, federal law.)
- kevin_b_er 5y agoThe previous administration even attempted to prevent states from having net neutrality by claiming that disclaiming FCC authority was a prohibition on it. Yes, by attempting to claim FCC had no authority to regulate they also simultaneously claimed this prohibited states from regulating it. The paradoxical was a direct reflection of the corruption within the FCC at the hands of the previous administration.
- jondwillis 5y agoIf anyone is aware of any grassroots efforts to reinstate NN, please comment. I had basically forgotten about the rollback under Ajit Pai, which, is in my cynical view, exactly what they want.