US politicians want to make net neutrality back into law

US Democratic Party politicians want to put net neutrality back into law. President Donald Trump’s Republican party has abolished it, but the Democratic party won a majority in the House of Representatives a few months ago.

The legislation would come out on Wednesday and be called ‘Save the internet act’, Reuters reports based on a letter from the leader of the Democrats in the US parliament. That letter is not public, but it confirms the information through a tweet. It is unknown what chance the proposal will have. Democrats have a majority in the House of Representatives, but not in the Senate.

The exact text of the legislation will not be released until later, making it unclear what exactly the politicians want to change. The US had legislation to guarantee net neutrality, but regulator FCC scrapped it 15 months ago.

The US was granted net neutrality in 2015, when the FCC, under the then Democratic chairman, introduced rules that allowed for regulating providers. The amendment in December 2017 removed Internet service providers from the Title II classification of the US Telecommunications Act, removing certain guarantees around service, network access and competition. This allowed carriers to throttle certain traffic or prioritize paying parties.