"Last week, the Sixth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled against the FCC, rejecting its authority to classify broadband as a Title II “telecommunications service.” In doing so, the court removed net neutrality protections for all Americans and took away the FCC’s ability to meaningfully regulate internet service providers.

This ruling fundamentally gets wrong the reality of internet service we all live with every day. Nearly 80% of Americans view broadband access to be as important as water and electricity. It is no longer an extra, non-necessary “information service,” as it was seen 40 years ago, but it is a vital medium of communication in everyday life. Business, health services, education, entertainment, our social lives, and more have increasingly moved online. By ruling that broadband “information service” and not a “telecommunications service” this court is saying that the ISPs that control your broadband access will continue to face little to no oversight for their actions.

This is intolerable."

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/01/sixth-circuit-rules-against-net-neutrality-eff-will-continue-fight

#USA #NetNeutrality #FCC #DigitalDivide #BigTelco

The Death of Net Neutrality Is a Bad Omen

https://www.wired.com/story/net-neutrality-ruling-dead/

#NETNEUTRALITY #KEWLNEWS #PRESS

And so it begins:

“A three-judge panel of the Cincinnati-based 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said the FCC lacked authority to reinstate the rules…”

We’re fucked.

#NetNeutrality

https://www.reuters.com/legal/us-appeals-court-blocks-biden-administration-net-neutrality-rules-2025-01-02/

FCC Net Neutrality Rules Blocked By Federal Appeals Court

https://deadline.com/2025/01/net-neutrality-fcc-appeals-court-strikes-down-1236245193/

#FCC #NETNEUTRALITY #KEWLNEWS #PRESS

[thread] Brendan Carr

* lawyer
* served as member of Federal Communications Commission (FCC) 2017+
* appointed by Trump
* authored chapter in Heritage Foundation's Project 2025
* Carr proposes "reining in Big Tech" as main goal for FCC
* Nov 2024 Trump selected Carr to lead FCC

#BrendanCarr #HeritageFoundation #Project2025 #FCC #NetNeutrality #censorship
#Trump2 #GOP #fascism #authoritarianism #disinformation #Christofascism
#capitalism #corporations #billionaires #libertarianism

The FCC has formally started the process of reinstating Net Neutrality.

The public comment period is open so now is the time to show that we haven't forgotten about the importance of Net Neutrality.

#NetNeutrality #OpenWeb

https://act.freepress.net/sign/fcc-reinstate-title-ii?source=website-action