A federal appeals court in Cincinnati ruled that the FCC lacked the authority to reinstate net neutrality regulations, ending a nearly two-decade effort to regulate broadband internet providers. The court's decision, based on a recent Supreme Court ruling, overturns the Biden administration's tech policy and allows broadband providers to potentially slow or block access to internet content.
WASHINGTON — 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 as utilities.
The 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, in Cincinnati, said the FCC lacked the authority to reinstate rules that prevented broadband providers from slowing or blocking access to internet content. In its opinion, a three-judge panel pointed to a Supreme Court decision in June, known as Loper Bright, that overturned a 1984 legal precedent that gave deference to government agencies on regulations.
The FCC had voted in April to restore net neutrality regulations, which expand government oversight of broadband providers and aim to protect consumer access to the internet. The regulations were first put in place nearly a decade ago under the Obama administration and were aimed at preventing internet service providers like Verizon or Comcast from blocking or degrading the delivery of services from competitors like Netflix and YouTube.
The court’s decision doesn’t affect state laws on net neutrality in California, Washington and Colorado. Democrats at the FCC called on Thursday for Congress to create laws promoting net neutrality, signaling that the issue may continue to fester. “Consumers across the country have told us again and again that they want an internet that is fast, open, and fair,” said Jessica Rosenworcel, the chair of the FCC and a Democrat who had pushed for the reinstatement of the rules. “It is clear that Congress now needs to heed their call, take up the charge for net neutrality and put open internet principles in federal law.
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