Some are calling this vote a major win against lobbying by telecom and cable companies.
BREAKING: The California State Senate just passed #SB822—the strongest state level #NetNeutrality bill in the nation—while 86% of American Internet users are looking to Congress to pass the CRA and restore these basic protections for ALL: pic.twitter.com/zSZ4WQNLQn
— Fight for the Future (@fightfortheftr) May 30, 2018
This bill not only restores net neutrality, but expands protections further than the federal regulations.
The Senate just passed my bill protecting #NetNeutrality in California, #SB822. I’m deeply appreciative for my colleagues’ support of this effort to protect the internet. If our federal govt won’t protect a free & open internet, the States must step in. Now on to the Assembly …
— Scott Wiener (@Scott_Wiener) May 30, 2018
California Democrat Sen. Scott Weiner, who introduced Bill SB-822, has been vocal about net neutrality and is symbolic of a large body of criticism of and resistance to the FCC’s tear-down of Obama-era net neutrality regulations.
According to The Verge, the bill was first introduced in March and then passed through three committees. It was approved 23–12 and the next stop is the state Assembly.
#NetNeutrality isn’t controversial & isn’t a partisan issue. Nearly 90% of people – Democrats, Republicans, independents – support it. Our coalition is working extremely hard – against massive telecom/cable lobbying – to pass #SB822 & to protect an open internet in California.
— Scott Wiener (@Scott_Wiener) May 30, 2018
The bill’s aim is to bring in rules like forbidding ISPs from “speeding up, slowing down, altering, restricting, interfering with, or otherwise directly or indirectly favoring, disadvantaging, or discriminating between lawful Internet traffic”, getting involved in “third-party paid prioritization,” and requires ISP’s to treat all internet traffic equally, so none of those tiered pricing ideas are welcome. In addition, the bill bars ISP from participating in certain types of “zero-rating” programs. These programs “[exempt] some Internet traffic from a customer’s data limitation.”
Big win for #NetNeutrality in CA. Thanks Sen. @Scott_Wiener for leading the charge on #SB822 May 31, 2018
The federal net neutrality rules are set to lift on June 11, but if the bill passes in the Assembly, California will have a higher and stricter set of standards for providers to abide by.
.@Scott_Wiener's #netneutrality bill may be voted on as early as this morning. Ajit Pai's order to revoke #netneutrality goes into effect less than two weeks from now, so having replacement legislation in California & the home of Silicon Valley is vital: May 29, 2018
People are saying that net neutrality “is not a partisan issue.”
Lots of nuance around #NetNeutrality @eff on #sb822 & throttle, zero base, etc
Luckily this is not partisan issue
— Donna Yobs (@dyobs) May 31, 2018
