A federal appeals court issued a mixed ruling on a Republican rollback of Obama-era rules governing so-called net neutrality, upholding much of the new deregulation but giving room for states to issue tougher restrictions
At issue are internet traffic rules implemented last year by the Federal Communications Commission under Republican Chairman Ajit Pai. The new regime gave broadband providers leeway to block or slow internet traffic but required them to be transparent if they were doing so.
“At bottom, the commission lacked the legal authority to categorically abolish all fifty States’ statutorily conferred authority to regulate intrastate communications,” the court wrote. In dissent, Judge Stephen Williams said the ruling would leave broadband “subject to state regulation in which the most intrusive will prevail.”
“The court affirmed the FCC’s decision to repeal 1930s utility-style regulation of the Internet imposed by the prior administration,” Mr Pai said. “The court also upheld our robust transparency rule so that consumers can be fully informed about their online options.”
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