{"id":42940,"date":"2024-04-25T17:19:06","date_gmt":"2024-04-25T21:19:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/?p=42940"},"modified":"2024-04-29T17:37:40","modified_gmt":"2024-04-29T21:37:40","slug":"fcc-reinstates-network-neutrality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2024\/04\/25\/fcc-reinstates-network-neutrality\/","title":{"rendered":"FCC Reinstates Network Neutrality"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jon Brodkin<\/a> (Hacker<\/a> News<\/a>, Slashdot<\/a>):<\/p>\n

The Federal Communications Commission voted 3–2 to impose net neutrality rules today, restoring the common-carrier regulatory framework enforced during the Obama era and then abandoned while Trump was president.<\/p>

The rules prohibit Internet service providers from blocking and throttling lawful content and ban paid prioritization.<\/p>

[…]<\/p>

The court battle against the FCC will center on whether the commission can define broadband as a telecommunications service, a necessary step for imposing Title II common-carrier regulations.<\/p>

[…]<\/p>

“Congress never passed a law saying the Internet should be heavily regulated like a utility, nor did it pass one giving the FCC the authority to make that determination. The executive branch pressured the agency into claiming a power that remained, and remains, with the legislative branch,” [Brendan] Carr said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I don’t recall that argument going anywhere before. Congress seems unlikely to clarify its intent, so maybe this seesaws back and forth depending on who controls the FCC.<\/p>\n\n

Previously:<\/p>\n