Maloney Introduces Bill To Save Net Neutrality

HUDSON VALLEY, NY — A Hudson Valley congressman has come up with a bill to save the internet from the FCC’s proposed rollback of Net Neutrality rules. Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney, D-Cold Spring, introduced the Save Net Neutrality Act (HR 4585) that would stop the FCC’s Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that would result in a final rule eliminating the existing Net Neutrality policy.

“The FCC’s proposal to screw up your interest is just about the worst plan I’ve seen,” Maloney said.

“The comment period was a mess and the rest of the proposal is full of holes,” he said.

“My bill would stop this rule from going into effect and keep the internet the way it is — affordable, open and full of innovation,” Maloney said.

The FCC instituted Net Neutrality rules in 2015 that subjected internet service providers to regulation as utilities.

It protected the free and open internet by preventing the ISPs from blocking, speeding up or slowing down the transmission of content or increasing costs to consumers by changing the pricing model that exists today.

SEE ALSO: Massive Scheme Corrupts FCC Plan to End Net Neutrality: NY AG

The FCC proposed the rollback of regulations in May.

New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, in November, released an open letter alleging a “massive scheme” to corrupt the comment process for the FCC’s proposal.

Schneiderman said that hundreds of thousands of real New Yorkers’ and other Americans’ identities were misused during the public comment process.

There were enormous amounts of fake comments concerning the possible repeal of Net Neutrality rules.

The FCC refused to cooperate with information critical to the investigation.

CORRECTION: This article has been changed to correct Maloney's party affiliation. He is member of the Democratic Party. Patch regrets the error.

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