U.S. Democrats unveil legislation to reinstate net neutrality rules

WASHINGTON: Democrats in Congress unveiled a bill on Wednesday to reinstate landmark net neutrality rules repealed by the Federal Communications Commission under U.S. President Donald Trump.

The bill mirrors an effort last year to reverse the FCC’s December 2017 order that repealed rules approved in 2015 that barred providers from blocking or slowing internet content or offering paid “fast lanes.”

“It is a fight that we can win,” said Senator Ed Markey, a bill sponsor, at a Capitol Hill news conference. “We are on the right side of history. We will not give up.”