Network Neutrality Gets New ‘Title’

The Minority Media & Telecommunications Council (MMTC) is taking a somewhat novel approach in its attempt to help sway the network neutrality debate and keep the open Internet rules in business.

MMTC is using a civil rights model to combat what they see as Web discrimination. The model adds yet a different option to the commission’s ongoing net neutrality debate, which has been mainly between considerations of Title I and Title II of the Communications Act. The MMTC prefers inserting a new title into the mix -- Title VII, a part of the Civil Rights Act -- and calls out the Equal Opportunity Commission to help get the FCC’s new proposed rules enforced.