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01-23-2018, 08:30 AM
Montana adds its own net neutrality rules in defiance of FCC
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The net neutrality backlash just stepped up a notch.
Just weeks after the Federal Communications Commission controversially peeled back open internet rules, amid widespread protests (http://mashable.com/2017/12/12/net-neutrality-break-the-internet-protest/) and condemnation (http://mashable.com/2017/11/30/alyssa-milano-ajit-pai-net-neutrality-fight/), Montana has taken the first steps in enforcing its own regulations.
SEE ALSO: Net neutrality's latest hope: 22 state attorneys general file lawsuit against FCC (http://mashable.com/2018/01/16/22-states-lawsuit-fcc-net-neutrality/?utm_campaign&utm_cid=a-seealso&utm_context=textlink&utm_medium=rss&utm_source)
The state's governor, Steve Bullock, signed an executive order Monday requiring any service providers with state contracts to follow net neutrality princips.
"Montana's future depends on a free and open internet," Bullock tweeted, adding that he hoped the state's initiative would inspire other states to follow suit. In a subsequent tweet he offered to pass on a copy of the order to make things easy. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2018/01/22/net-neutrality-rules-montana-fcc/)
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The net neutrality backlash just stepped up a notch.
Just weeks after the Federal Communications Commission controversially peeled back open internet rules, amid widespread protests (http://mashable.com/2017/12/12/net-neutrality-break-the-internet-protest/) and condemnation (http://mashable.com/2017/11/30/alyssa-milano-ajit-pai-net-neutrality-fight/), Montana has taken the first steps in enforcing its own regulations.
SEE ALSO: Net neutrality's latest hope: 22 state attorneys general file lawsuit against FCC (http://mashable.com/2018/01/16/22-states-lawsuit-fcc-net-neutrality/?utm_campaign&utm_cid=a-seealso&utm_context=textlink&utm_medium=rss&utm_source)
The state's governor, Steve Bullock, signed an executive order Monday requiring any service providers with state contracts to follow net neutrality princips.
"Montana's future depends on a free and open internet," Bullock tweeted, adding that he hoped the state's initiative would inspire other states to follow suit. In a subsequent tweet he offered to pass on a copy of the order to make things easy. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2018/01/22/net-neutrality-rules-montana-fcc/)
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