{"id":19249,"date":"2025-01-02T18:51:57","date_gmt":"2025-01-02T19:51:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=19249"},"modified":"2025-01-02T20:26:09","modified_gmt":"2025-01-02T20:26:09","slug":"fccs-net-neutrality-rules-struck-down-by-federal-appeals-court","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=19249","title":{"rendered":"FCC\u2019s Net Neutrality Rules Struck Down by Federal Appeals Court"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><\/div>\n<p id=\"article-summary\" class=\"css-79rysd e1wiw3jv0\">After nearly two decades of fighting, the battle over regulations that treat broadband providers like utilities came to an end on Thursday.<\/p>\n<section class=\"meteredContent css-1r7ky0e\">\n<div class=\"css-s99gbd StoryBodyCompanionColumn\" data-testid=\"companionColumn-0\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">A federal appeals court struck down the Federal Communications Commission\u2019s landmark net neutrality rules on Thursday, ending a nearly two-decade effort to regulate broadband internet providers like utilities.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, in Cincinnati, <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.opn.ca6.uscourts.gov\/opinions.pdf\/25a0002p-06.pdf\" title rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">said<\/a> 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 <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/04\/25\/technology\/fcc-net-neutrality-open-internet.html\" title>put an end to the Biden administration\u2019s hallmark tech policy<\/a>, which had drawn impassioned support from consumer groups and tech giants like Google and fierce protests by telecommunications giants like Comcast and AT&amp;T.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cConsumers across the country have told us again and again that they want an internet that is fast, open, and fair,\u201d Jessica Rosenworcel, chairwoman of the F.C.C., said in a statement about the ruling. \u201cWith this decision, 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.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">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.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"Dropzone-1\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"css-s99gbd StoryBodyCompanionColumn\" data-testid=\"companionColumn-1\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cApplying Loper Bright means we can end the F.C.C.\u2019s vacillations,\u201d the court ruled.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The F.C.C. had voted in April to restore net neutrality regulations, which <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/10\/19\/technology\/fcc-net-neutrality-vote.html\" title>expand government oversight of broadband providers<\/a> and aim to protect consumer access to the internet, a move that will reignite a long-running battle over the open internet.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The regulations were first put in place nearly a decade ago under the Obama administration and are 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 rules were repealed under President Donald J. Trump, and they have proved to be a contentious partisan issue over the years while pitting tech giants against broadband providers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-798hid etfikam0\"><em class=\"css-2fg4z9 e1gzwzxm0\">This is a developing story. Check back for updates.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"RelatedLinksBlock-3\">\n<div data-testid=\"lazy-loader\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After nearly two decades of fighting, the battle over regulations that treat broadband providers like utilities came to an end on Thursday.A federal appeals court struck down the Federal Communications Commission\u2019s 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 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\u2019s hallmark tech policy, which had drawn impassioned support from consumer groups and tech giants like Google and fierce protests by telecommunications giants like Comcast and AT&#038;T.\u201cConsumers across the country have told us again and again that they want an internet that is fast, open, and fair,\u201d Jessica Rosenworcel, chairwoman of the F.C.C., said in a statement about the ruling. \u201cWith this decision, 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.\u201dIn 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.\u201cApplying Loper Bright means we can end the F.C.C.\u2019s vacillations,\u201d the court ruled.The F.C.C. 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, a move that will reignite a long-running battle over the open internet.The regulations were first put in place nearly a decade ago under the Obama administration and are 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 rules were repealed under President Donald J. Trump, and they have proved to be a contentious partisan issue over the years while pitting tech giants against broadband providers.This is a developing story. Check back for updates.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":19251,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19249","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19249","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=19249"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19249\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19252,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19249\/revisions\/19252"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/19251"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=19249"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=19249"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=19249"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}