Net Neutrality Rules Struck Down by Appeals Court
/After nearly two decades of fighting, the battle over regulations that
treat broadband providers like utilities came to an end on Thursday./
Jan. 2, 2025Updated 2:51 p.m. ET
A federal appeals court struck down the Federal Communications
Commission’s landmark net neutrality rules on Thursday, ending a nearly
two-decade effort to regulate broadband internet providers like utilities.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, in Cincinnati, said
<https://www.opn.ca6.uscourts.gov/opinions.pdf/25a0002p-06.pdf> that the
F.C.C. lacked the authority to reinstate rules that prevented broadband
providers from slowing or blocking access to internet content. The
decision put an end to the Biden administration’s hallmark tech policy
<https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/25/technology/fcc-net-neutrality-open-internet.html>,
which had drawn impassioned support from consumer groups and tech giants
like Google and fierce protests by telecommunications giants like
Comcast and AT&T.
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https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/02/technology/net-neutrality-rules-fcc.htm
