Baltimore City Councilmembers Zeke Cohen, Kris Burnett and Ryan Dorsey wrote a letter this week calling on the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to set up a commission to investigate “digital redlining.”
The letter signed by 106 officials across the country asks the FCC to use its title II authority, which distinguishes Internet Service Providers as “common carriers” — a step below a utility but a step above in terms of ability to regulate a title I “information service” — to regulate ISPs and to state clear rules that prevent “blocking, throttling and paid prioritization.” They also want the FCC to use its power to safeguard against data caps by broadband providers, which the letter describes as akin to “a regressive tax that impacts poor communities and cities like Baltimore—primarily communities of color the most.”
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