Wyden, Merkley call for Internet user protections

Portland Business Journal:

Oregon's two U.S. senators want the Federal Communications Commission to add rules they believe would protect consumers who use broadband.

The request, for which Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley signed a letter with seven other senators, comes in light of the recent Open Internet rules, which took effect June 15.

The leaders asked the FCC to:

Adopt a definition what constitutes proprietary network information, including whether it should include data on consumers’ Internet usage and broadband service…

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