but the real goal was to give bureaucrats power to micromanage broadband pricing and investment. The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals had upheld a similar Obama net-neutrality rule based on Chevron.

They exploit their position as gatekeepers to the Internet, engaging in practices that undermine the principles of net neutrality. For example, T-Mobile’s zero-rating programs in 2016 ...

In a world without net neutrality, deep-pocketed tech firms can afford to pay for speed advantages, but startups and small businesses could face slower connections and higher costs, limiting their ...

this dispute over definitions has been vital to the battle for net neutrality, as telecommunications carriers are subject to heavier regulatory oversight under the Communications Act. For example ...

But since its adoption in 2015 under the Obama administration, the FCC’s net neutrality rule has been tied up in a decade-long regulatory tug-of-war, alternatively held up in court or hamstrung ...

Net neutrality rules were originally imposed by the FCC in 2015 under President Barack Obama, but were repealed under the Trump administration in 2017. In April 2024, net neutrality rules were ...

Net Neutrality was never the Internet freedom fighter we thought it was in part because it was also a product of its era, and the online and broadband world has ... to create real, broad ...

In the end, the return of net neutrality was short-lived: Today, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals struck down rules introduced by the Biden administration that would have prevented internet ...

The 6th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals struck down the Federal Communications Commission “Net Neutrality Rule ... to third-party websites, for example—based on content, commercial agreements ...