Dem FCC commissioner offers ‘alternative’ net neutrality proposal

Mignon Clyburn, a Democratic commissioner on the Federal Communications Commission, on Tuesday offered “edits” to a proposal from the FCC’s Republican chairman to repeal net neutrality rules.

The mock proposal distributed by Clyburn’s office would cut everything from the repeal order except for the words “After further review of the record we affirm the 2015 Open Internet Order.”

The FCC will vote Thursday on a proposal to scrap its 2015 net neutrality regulations, which prohibit internet service providers from discriminating against or promoting certain websites. With Republicans holding three of the commission’s five seats, the proposal is expected to pass.

{mosads}Clyburn and other net neutrality supporters argue that eliminating the rules would give companies like Comcast and Verizon a free pass to disrupt the level playing field on the internet by picking winners and losers.

A spokeswoman for FCC Chairman Ajit Pai did not immediately respond when asked for comment on Clyburn’s “edits.”