The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) published its final rules gutting net neutrality today. But like most phone announcements these days, there were no real surprises. We all knew what was coming. Why the actual publication of the repeal matters is because it is only now that states and internet freedom organizations can start taking legal action. Plus, now the Senate has 60 legislative days to block the FCC if it is so inclined, which would require help from Republican senators. Do not hold your breath. The document itself, while excruciatingly long and full of jargon, is rather polemical for an explanation of regulations in the Federal Register. This cascade of text is really just meant to communicate that the internet is not a public utility, that Title II doesn’t apply, and that we’re going back to how things were in 2015. That’s more or less it. (Check out the editorial by AP’s David Ruddock on why this remains a bad idea.) But peppered throughout the document are expressions of self-righteousness that read like a campaign website’s “issues” page that nobody reads. The Commission declares that it now “restores the light-touch regulatory scheme that fostered the internet’s growth, openness, and freedom,”… Read full this story
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