US presidential loser John McCain has introduced legislation that would block the US FCC from creating new net neutrality rules.

McCain introduced the Internet Freedom Act, a title which which is deeply ironic because it is the complete opposite of Internet Freedom. We guess “Telecommunications Company Freedom to Shaft Consumer Act” would not get many votes.

Basically McCains law would keep the FCC from enacting rules prohibiting broadband providers from selectively blocking or slowing Internet content and applications. McCain claims that the net neutrality rules would create "onerous federal regulation."

The FCC on Thursday voted to begin a rulemaking process to formalise net neutrality rules which had been in place at the FCC since 2005. McCain, an Arizona Republican, called the proposed net neutrality rules a "government takeover" of the Internet that will stifle innovation and depress an "already anemic" job market in the U.S.

McCain was the Republican challenger to President Barack Obama in the 2008 election, and Obama has said net neutrality rules are among his top tech priorities.