The California State Senate approved a legislation that would restore net neutrality protections repealed by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC).
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Democratic State Sen. Scott Wiener of San Francisco introduced Senate Bill 822, which reinstates the regulations under the FCC 2015 Open Internet Order.
In a statement, Sen. Wiener said, “Today the State Senate took a huge step towards re-instating net neutrality in California. When Donald Trump’s FCC took a wrecking ball to the Obama-era net neutrality protections, we said we would step in to make sure that California residents would be protected from having their internet access manipulated. We have a lot more work to get this bill through the Assembly, but this is a major win in our fight to re-instate net neutrality in California.”
Gold Standard for states seeking to protect net neutrality
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) called Senate Bill 822 as the “gold standard for states looking to protect net neutrality.
