FCC Chairman Jessica Rosenworcel will unveil plans later on Tuesday to reinstate net neutrality rules, the set of regulations that require broadband provides treat internet traffic equally.
The rules would prohibit internet providers like Comcast and AT&T from blocking and throttling traffic, or from offering internet sites speedier access to consumers if they pay extra fees.
The proposal likely will be met with staunch opposition from major internet providers, who have long argued that such regulations are not needed. The FCC has had several previous iterations of the net neutrality rules, with a robust set of regulations repealed by the Donald Trump-era commission in 2017, when Republican controlled the commission.
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