A court ruling striking down net neutrality has local advocates bracing for the impacts — just like they’ve been doing for more than a decade. A federal appeals court on Thursday blocked the Federal Communications Commission’s latest efforts to restore rules that would treat internet service providers (ISPs) like utility companies, requiring all customers be […]
In the end, the return of net neutrality was short-lived: Today, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals struck down rules introduced by the Biden administration that would have prevented internet service providers from favoring some apps or websites over others. It’s the conclusion of a decades-long fight for a more equitable internet—and a harbinger of […]
“The key here is not whether Broadband Internet Service Providers utilize telecommunications; it is instead whether they do so while offering to consumers the capability to do more,” Griffin wrote, concluding that “they do.” “The FCC exceeded its statutory authority,” Griffin wrote, at one point accusing the FCC of arguing for a reading of the […]
After nearly two decades of fighting, the battle over regulations that treat broadband providers as utilities came to an end on Thursday. Source link
A federal appeals court on Thursday overturned a Biden administration rule establishing so-called net neutrality for internet providers following years of litigation over efforts to regulate internet speeds for different content online. The ruling likely ends a long-running effort by the Biden and Obama administrations to change regulation of internet providers — requiring them to […]