Free State: Neutrality Rules Could Be Internet Fairness Doctrine

In comments filed at the Federal Communications Commission, the Free State Foundation, a Maryland-based free-market think tank, argues that the FCC's proposed expanded and codified network neutrality rules could be a kind of fairness doctrine for Internet service providers, including cable and telco companies. "They compel the ISP to convey or make available content it otherwise, for whatever reason, might choose not to convey or make available," the group said in its filing.