Public Knowledge Pushes Back on Network Neutrality Rule Ride

Public Knowledge is asking its supporters to make some noise in opposition to Republican-backed legislation that would block the Federal Communications Commission’s implementation of its new Title II-based network neutrality rules, a measure that could be up for vote in the House perhaps as early as the week of July 13.

A rider on a must-pass Financial Services appropriations bill would defund the FCC's enforcement of the new rules, which went into effect June 12. The bill passed the House Appropriations Committee, with rider intact, on June 17. The Washington, DC-based nonprofit public advocacy group said the rider was retaliation for the new rules, which it said the public “clearly demanded.” Public Knowledge said it was hopeful the rider would ultimately be derailed, but it was not relying on hope alone. It called on its supporters to call and tweet their representatives.