Franken: FCC should bury net-neutrality proposal unless it is strengthened

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http://thehill.com/blogs/hillicon-valley/technology/133181-fcc-should-shoot-down-harmful-net-neutrality-proposal-unless-it-is-strengthened

Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) is urging the Federal Communications Commission to abandon its latest net-neutrality plan unless it is significantly strengthened.

In a letter to FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski on Friday, Franken became the first Democrat to argue that having no rules would be preferable to the ones the agency proposed last week.

Franken argues that, "absent significant changes to the draft Order as it has been described to me, adopting these rules as they are may actually send signals to industry endorsing any closing off of the Internet that is not specifically prohibited."

The proposal "may do more harm than doing nothing at all,” according to Franken.