Net Neutrality proponents cheered the ruling but called for federal net neutrality laws. In April 2024, the FCC made a pivotal decision, reclassifying broadband as a vital public utility.

Net Neutrality In Europe. The European Union is considering taxing Google, Netflix, Facebook and other large U.S. tech firms to maintain Europe’s telecommunication network. Proponents of the ...

Net neutrality also prohibits ISPs from charging for “fast lanes,” which means charging users a premium for faster speeds. Under the repealed rules, ISPs could even block legal content.

Net neutrality is dead once more. A U.S. Court of Appeals has killed the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) attempt to reinstate open internet rules, finding that the government agency ...

Pai undid net neutrality rules that barred internet service providers like Comcast and AT&T from favoring some types of online traffic over others in 2017 and championed other deregulatory efforts.

Net neutrality was a vital component in how the internet worked for decades. Indeed, the basic concept of all ISPs sharing bandwidth equally and equitably dates back to the Commercial Internet ...

Net neutrality is back on the menu, citizens. After a long, long battle ending in eventual defeat during Trump’s presidency, the FCC is set to reinstate rules that broadband providers must ...

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Gregory Rosston of Stanford University about the FCC's decision to reinstate net neutrality policies and what the last 6 years on the internet has been like without them.

Net neutrality rules have been axed again, this time thanks to a ruling from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, The New York Times reports.. These rules were first codified in 2015 ...

A U.S. Court of Appeals this week ruled that the FCC did not have legal authority to revive the so-called net neutrality rules that were first introduced a decade ago under the Obama Administration.

The FCC’s net neutrality rule has been put on hold by the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals, which ruled the attempt to challenge it would likely succeed on the merits.

A three-judge panel of the Cincinnati-based 6th US Circuit Court of Appeals said the FCC lacked authority to reinstate the rules initially implemented in 2015.