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'NET NEUTRALITY' PASSES-FCC votes 3-2 to approve controversial Internet regulations

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Edited on Tue Dec-21-10 01:17 PM by kpete

Source: Raw Story

FCC votes 3-2 to approve controversial Internet regulations

By Eric W. Dolan
Tuesday, December 21st, 2010 -- 1:07 pm

internet 1206 FCC votes 3 2 to approve controversial Internet regulations

By a 3-2 vote Tuesday, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) passed controversial "net neutrality" rules aimed at prohibiting internet service providers (ISPs) from discriminating between Internet traffic.

Democratic Commissioners Mignon Clyburn and Michael Copps both voted with Chairman Julius Genachowski in favor of the new rules, despite saying they believed the Open Internet Order to be too weak.

Republican Commissioners Robert McDowell and Meredith Attwell Baker voted against it.

Read more: http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2010/12/breaking-fcc-votes-32-approve-controversial-internet-regulations/

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