The Federal Communications Commission's attempt to reinstate the internet policy known as net neutrality faces a major stumbling block in the form of Supreme Court scrutiny, according to some of its critics.
Under Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel, the FCC released a new proposal on Thursday that would recategorize internet service providers under Title II of the Communications Act. This change would place them under additional regulations to ensure the ISPs do not discriminate or throttle content from various websites.
Verrilli and Gershengorn's arguments gained the attention of FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr, a Republican who opposes the agency using its power to reclassify ISPs. Net neutrality advocates noted that the Verrilli-Gershengorn white paper was backed by USTelecom and the Internet and Television Association, two telecommunications industry lobbying groups. The two lobbying groups also assisted in funding a campaign to paint ex-FCC nominee and public advocate Gigi Sohn negatively over her support of net neutrality.
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