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FCC's net neutrality rules overturned by court
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A federal appeals court ruled Thursday the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) lacked the authority to restore certain net neutrality rules last year.
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The decision out of the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals hands FCC Democrats and Biden administration officials a major blow following their fierce push for revived open internet measures.
The ruling overturns last year’s FCC vote, which reinstated the net neutrality rules barring broadband providers from blocking or throttling internet traffic to some websites and speeding up access to others that pay extra fees.
The three-judge panel pointed to a Supreme Court decision last June that scaled back executive agencies’ power by overturning Chevron deference, the legal doctrine that previously instructed judges to defer to agencies in cases where the law is ambiguous.
In upending the decision, judges are now expected to substitute their own best interpretation of the law instead of deferring to the agencies.
Judge Richard Allen Griffin, writing for himself and Judge John K. Bush, wrote broadband must be considered an “information service,” not a “telecommunications service” as the FCC said in its order last year.
The net neutrality rules were first approved in 2015 under former President Obama but repealed under President-elect Trump’s first term in 2017. The commission voted along partisan lines last April to restore the rules under the leadership of Democratic FCC Chair Jessica Rosenworcel.
Rosenworcel on Thursday urged Congress to take action in response to the ruling.
Read her comments and more at TheHill.com.
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Welcome to The Hill’s Technology newsletter, we're Julia Shapero and Miranda Nazzaro — tracking the latest moves from Capitol Hill to Silicon Valley.
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Tech billionaire Elon Musk defended his move to demonetize his critics’ content on his social platform X and maintained the decision did not violate free speech. “The first amendment is protection for ‘free speech’, not ‘paid speech’ ffs,” Musk wrote Wednesday on X. Musk, the owner of X, was responding to a user who poked fun at those who accused Musk of violating free speech after …
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Meta will switch up its global policy team in the new year and has appointed former George W. Bush administration official Joel Kaplan to replace Nick Clegg as the company’s chief global affairs officer. Clegg announced Thursday he will depart from the role of president of global affairs at Meta in the coming months, stating now is the “right time” for him to move on. “And no one could pick up from where …
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Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) has taken a swipe at Elon Musk’s defense of the H-1B visa program, which has driven a wedge between two factions of President-elect Trump’s most ardent supporters. Sanders, who has long argued for raising wages for workers in the U.S., criticized the wealthy tech entrepreneur’s elevation of the foreign visa system, arguing that it further enriches a handful of the nation’s richest people. “Elon Musk …
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US weighs rules to limit or ban Chinese drones
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The Commerce Department said Thursday it is considering new rules on Chinese drones that would restrict or ban them in the U.S. amid national security concerns, Reuters reports.
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Apple agrees to pay $95 million in Siri class-action suit
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Apple agreed to pay $95 million to settle a class-action lawsuit that alleged the company obtained private conversations and shared them with third parties without permission through this voice assistant Siri, The Wall Street Journal reports.
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GOP lawmakers request Yellen briefing on Chinese hackers’ Treasury breach
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Republican lawmakers are swiftly urging the Treasury Department to provide answers on a recent cybersecurity attack from China that infiltrated various workstations, as outlined in a letter obtained by The Hill. “This breach of federal government information is extremely concerning. As you know, Treasury maintains some of the most highly sensitive information on U.S. persons throughout government, including tax information, …
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A Cybertruck explosion outside of the Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas was caused by firework mortars and camp fuel canisters, according to investigators. The explosion killed one person inside the vehicle and injured at least seven others nearby. “Once the fire went out through the suppression efforts of the fire department, you’ll see some of the evidence in the back of the vehicle,” Las Vegas Metropolitan Police …
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Progressives in Washington are facing an existential crisis like never before as they brace for the incoming Trump administration. Not only are … Read more
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Vice President-elect JD Vance has shared Elon Musk’s op-ed supporting the far-right German political party Alternative for Germany (AfD), while the … Read more
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The 6th Circuit Court of Appeals blasted the FCC's attempts to regulate broadband internet, but state laws in California and New York remain intact.
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While Americans might not mourn the loss of net neutrality, an appeals court’s ruling sets a troubling precedent for consumer protections in every industry.
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A federal appeals court in Ohio ruled that the Federal Communications Commission lacked authority to reinstate open internet rules.
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Appeals-court decision ends effort to regulate internet providers like utilities, citing Supreme Court decision restraining federal agencies’ powers.
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After nearly two decades of fighting, the battle over regulations that treat broadband providers as utilities came to an end on Thursday.
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