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Government,
Administrative/Regulatory

Oct. 2, 2019

States win backdoor victory on net neutrality

The FCC won the overall case. The court turned back a challenge to the commission’s 2017 decision to eliminate net neutrality rules adopted in 2015. T

Advocates for an open internet won a backdoor victory Tuesday when the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled the Federal Communications Commission could not block state net neutrality laws.

The FCC won the overall case. The court turned back a challenge to the commission's 2017 decision to eliminate net neutrality rules adopted in 2015. The agency will no longer force telecommunication companies to treat data equally and to not fav...

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