Republicans’ Own Witnesses Attack GOP Net Neutrality Proposal At Hearing
With a little over a month to go until the Federal Communications Commission votes on new Net Neutrality rules, congressional Republicans are trying to preempt the commission’s actions with legislation that they claim will keep the internet open.
But in a subcommittee hearing on Wednesday, a host of witnesses representing businesses and interest groups warned the lawmakers who invited them that their actions are misguided.
“We are concerned that the proposal does not ban all types of discrimination online, leaving loopholes that could easily be exploited,” said Chad Dickerson, the CEO of the online marketplace, Etsy.
He told lawmakers he was also concerned that the draft bill “would undermine the agency’s ability to promote rapid broadband deployment across the country.”
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