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Leading California lawmakers said Thursday they have reached an agreement on legislation that will create super-strong net neutrality protections after the Federal Communications Commission voted to repeal its own regulations. The deal comes after bitter debate among Democrats over how much muscle to put into the legislation, heralded as one of the nation’s most aggressive …

California may still get its super strong net neutrality protections after all. Democrats in the state legislature are heading back to the negotiating table after key provisions of the bill were cut during a committee hearing this week. The bill’s author, state Sen. Scott Wiener, a Democrat from San Francisco, on Friday said he and fellow Democrat Assemblyman Miguel Santiago …

All eyes are on California on Wednesday as a State Assembly committee considers moving forward a net neutrality bill that could lead to the strongest open internet protections in the country. If passed in its current form and signed into law by Governor Jerry Brown, the legislation could set a new nationwide standard of comprehensive protections to replace the Obama-era …

Legislators in California are combining two net neutrality bills into one in an effort to pass the strictest set of net neutrality protections in the country. On Monday, California state Sens. Scott Wiener from San Francisco and Kevin de Leon from Los Angeles officially linked their bills to create unified legislation they hope will become the “gold standard” for other …

California moved a step closer to reinstating Obama era net neutrality rules for its residents. On Wednesday, the California State Senate passed a bill drafted by Scott Wiener, a Democrat state senator from San Francisco, that would impose the strictest set of net neutrality protections in the entire country. Senate Bill 822 passed by a vote of 23-12. It now …

Democrats were victorious in their final stand to save net neutrality. And you can thank a few Republicans who decided to switch sides. The clock has been ticking on net neutrality, with those rules set to expire next month. On Wednesday, the US Senate approved a resolution to turn back the Federal Communications Commission’s repeal of the regulations. (You can …

An attempt in California to replace the FCC’s repealed Obama-era net neutrality rules faces its first legislative test Tuesday. Senate Bill 822, written by state Sen. Scott Wiener, a Democrat from San Francisco, will get its first hearing before the Energy, Utilities and Communications Committee, which could gut key provisions of the legislation. In its original form, the California bill offers consumers …

A state senator in California has introduced the most comprehensive set of net neutrality protections to date. State Sen. Scott Wiener, a Democrat from San Francisco, on Tuesday introduced an amended piece of legislation that would codify into California state law Obama-era net neutrality rules adopted by the Federal Communications Commission in 2015. But it would also go further than …

States across the US are taking the protection of the open internet into their own hands. This week, Washington became the first state to approve its own net neutrality law. The law, signed Monday by Gov. Jay Inslee, prohibits internet service providers from blocking or slowing web content. It also prohibits ISPs from charging internet companies for so-called fast lane …

Washington on Monday became the first state in the union to approve its own net neutrality law following the Federal Communications Commission’s dismantling of the controversial Obama-era regulations last year. The law, signed on Monday by Gov. Jay Inslee, prohibits internet service providers from blocking or slowing down web content. The law comes about three months after the FCC voted …