OAN Staff James Myers
11:19am – Thursday, January 2, 2025
A U.S. appeals court ruled Tuesday that the Federal Communications Commission lacks legal authority to reinstate landmark net neutrality rules.
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Three-person panel separate from the six-person panel based in Cincinnatith The U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has announced that the FCC does not have jurisdiction to reinstate the rules, which the agency first introduced in 2015 under former Democratic President Barack Obama. It was then repealed by a commission under then-President Donald Trump in 2017.
President Joe Biden had called on the FCC to reinstate the rules.
Net neutrality rules require Internet service providers (ISPs) to treat Internet data and users equally, rather than restrict access, slow down speeds, or block content for certain users. Force. The rules also prohibit special arrangements in which ISPs grant increased network speeds or increased access to “preferred” users.
The appeals court cited the Supreme Court's June decision in a case known as Roper-Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo, which overturned a 1984 precedent that gave government agencies deference in interpreting the laws they have jurisdiction over. “Applying Roper Bright means that the FCC's sway can end,” the court ruled.
The FCC voted along party lines in April to resume regulatory oversight of broadband internet networks and reinstate open internet rules adopted in 2015 and rescinded under then-President Trump. did. As a result, industry groups filed suit and were successful in persuading the court to temporarily suspend the rule while it considered the case.
The rules would give the FCC new rules to crack down on Chinese telecommunications companies and the power to monitor internet service outages.
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