So You Say You Support Net Neutrality…

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[Commentary] Sen John Kennedy (R-LA) has been flirting for months with the idea of being the fifty-first (read: deciding) vote for the Congressional Review Act effort to overturn the Federal Communications Commission's Restoring Internet Freedom Order in the Senate. Yet,recently, Sen Kennedy introduced the Senate companion to Rep Marsha Blackburn’s (R-TN) phony “net neutrality” bill. This legislation is at least fourteen steps in the wrong direction. Not only does it fail to restore the net neutrality protections consumers have come to expect and rely upon, but it could have negative intended and unintended consequences for a range of internet access issues unrelated to what we often think of as net neutrality. Here's a deeper dive into the legislation.


So You Say You Support Net Neutrality…