California Introduces Its Own Bill to Protect Net Neutrality
Before anyone gets ahead of themselves, this bill only <i>protects</i> net neutrality and does not enforce net neutrality as defined here <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Net_neutrality" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Net_neutrality</a> .<p>ISPs are still allowed to discriminate traffic under this bill. They are allowed to block and throttle content such as illegal streaming downloads, some torrents, spam, and other traffic that degrades network performance. For example, this bill does not prevent Comcast, At&amp;t, Verizon et al. from blocking port 25 as they have been for the past decade. The bill also does not preclude zero-rating.<p>This bill is a good thing yes, but let&#x27;s not get ahead of ourselves and call this net neutrality.