FCC plans total repeal of net neutrality rules.
The FCC will look to another agency, the Federal Trade Commission, to police whether internet service providers are acting in an anti-competitive manner.
POLITICO technology reporter Margaret Harding McGill explains the net neutrality debate beginning with a very simple question: Who built the internet?.
A federal appeals court upheld the current net neutrality rules in June 2016, siding with the FCC against a challenge from AT&T, USTelecom and other industry trade groups.
This time, it’s likely to be net neutrality advocates taking the agency to court.
The move could also re-ignite interest in legislation to codify net neutrality rules, which Republican lawmakers and ISPs have pushed for this year.
Pai’s rollback of the net neutrality rules will top his list of deregulatory accomplishments since Trump appointed him chairman in January. »