(THE HILL)- A federal appeals court has struck down the Biden administration’s net neutrality rules, stating that the FCC lacked the authority to regulate internet service providers (ISPs) as utilities.
Appeal courts views on neutralizing internet rules
The Thursday ruling by the 6th circuit court of appeals overturns last year’s FCC ( federal Communications Commission) vote, which reinstated the net neutrality rules barring broad band providers from blocking or throttling internet traffic to some websites and speeding up access to others that pay extra fees.
Prior to the upending decision, judges are now expected to substitute their own best interpretation of the law rather than deferring to the agencies, meanwhile the net neutrality rules were first approved in 2015, under Barrack Obama administration, but repealed under president-elect, in person of Donald Trump’s first term in 2017.
This decision halts efforts to restore regulations that prevent ISPs from a significant setback for advocates of an open internet. The court’s ruling referenced a recent Supreme Court decision limiting federal agency authority, emphasizing the need for congressional action to establish net neutrality protections in law.
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