Appeals court upholds FCC's 2017 repeal of net neutrality, but also rules the FCC can't stop states from setting their own regulations
so NJ can protect a free & open internet under its own plan. That's a significant win, even if the battle is far from over. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... Senator Jeff Merkley / @senjeffmerkley : Today's #NetNeutrality ruling is a blow against the free and open internet that consumers and small businesses deserve. Now it's up to states like Oregon to fight even harder to #SaveTheNet for our communities. https://twitter.com/... @nytimes : A federal appeals court upheld the repeal of net neutrality on Tuesday, but said the FCC had overstepped by broadly blocking state and local government from writing their own rules. The mixed ruling ensures debate about the issue will continue. https://www.nytimes.com/... Ed Markey / @senmarkey : Today, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C Circuit issued an opinion on the FCC's repeal of #NetNeutrality that leaves the future of the free and open internet in question. The decision is mixed, but it does three things. THREAD: https://twitter.com/... Steve Bullock / @governorbullock : The internet as we know it is on the line, and I stand with the people, not corporations seeking control and profit. #NetNeutrality https://www.nytimes.com/... Senator Brad Hoylman / @bradhoylman : Today's ruling that the FCC can't block states from enforcing #NetNeutrality rules underscores the ability and the need for New York to join California and pass a strong law to protect a free and open internet. https://www.nytimes.com/... SenateDemocrats / @dscc : Re-upping this for Mitch McConnell while he continues to block the #SaveTheNet Act: Restoring #NetNeutrality would ensure we keep the internet open and fair for everyone. This is what a majority of Americans want. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... Ron Wyden / @ronwyden : The Trump Administration keeps working to make Big Cable bigger & richer & consumers poorer. The only consolation in today's ruling is the FCC can't block states like Oregon from passing our own net neutrality rules to preserve a free & open internet. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... Nilay Patel / @reckless : Trump's FCC decision to overturn net neutrality was upheld by the court today — but the judges threw out the FCC's weirdo power-grab move that prevented states from passing their own net neutrality laws. https://www.theverge.com/... Senator Gary Peters / @sengarypeters : This ruling upholding the FCC's repeal of net neutrality is a setback in the fight to ensure a free and open internet nationally. Michiganders rely on dependable, open internet access every day & I'll keep fighting to restore #NetNeutrality protections. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... Mark Lemley / @marklemley : DC Circuit affirms Trump administration's decision to kill net neutrality, but vacates the preemption provision, so states can go their own way. https://www.cadc.uscourts.gov/ ... Karl Bode / @karlbode : That the entire core justification for the #netneutrality repeal was based on flimsy (to nonexistent) data appears to have not played too much of a role in the court's thinking: https://www.vice.com/... Karl Bode / @karlbode : Keep in mind several of the state level #netneutrality rules go FURTHER than the 2015 FCC rules. California's SB822, for example, polices “zero rating” (which includes ISPs usage caps anti-competitively), something the FCC kind of punted on to the chagrin of many. Karl Bode / @karlbode : So the court approves the FCC's plan to gut most FCC authority over big ISPs, shoveling any remaining authority to an FTC that lacks the resources or authority to adequately police them (the entire reason the ISPs backed the proposal). But states (for now) can fill that void.
BREAKING NEWS: The court sends back to the @FCC much of the mess it made with #NetNeutrality. I stood up for an open internet in 2017 because the @FCC was on the wrong side of the American people and the wrong side of history. Let's keep up the fight. https://www.cadc.uscourts.go…
The #netneutrality ruling came out this morning. While we wanted to see net neutrality protections restored by the FCC, we're glad to see states empowered to protect people. We're not done fighting, though! We all must have access to an open internet. https://www.cnet.com/...
Today's decision makes clear that states can take action to protect online access when the federal government won't. Our office will keep fighting to ensure Massachusetts residents have a free and open internet. #NetNeutrality https://twitter.com/...
The court failed to undo most of the damage done by Trump's FCC, but did rule that states can pass their own #NetNeutrality laws—so NJ can protect a free & open internet under its own plan. That's a significant win, even if the battle is far from over. https://www.washingtonpost.…
Today's #NetNeutrality ruling is a blow against the free and open internet that consumers and small businesses deserve. Now it's up to states like Oregon to fight even harder to #SaveTheNet for our communities. https://twitter.com/...
A federal appeals court upheld the repeal of net neutrality on Tuesday, but said the FCC had overstepped by broadly blocking state and local government from writing their own rules. The mixed ruling ensures debate about the issue will continue. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Today, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C Circuit issued an opinion on the FCC's repeal of #NetNeutrality that leaves the future of the free and open internet in question. The decision is mixed, but it does three things. THREAD: https://twitter.com/...
The internet as we know it is on the line, and I stand with the people, not corporations seeking control and profit. #NetNeutrality https://www.nytimes.com/...
Today's ruling that the FCC can't block states from enforcing #NetNeutrality rules underscores the ability and the need for New York to join California and pass a strong law to protect a free and open internet. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Re-upping this for Mitch McConnell while he continues to block the #SaveTheNet Act: Restoring #NetNeutrality would ensure we keep the internet open and fair for everyone. This is what a majority of Americans want. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
The Trump Administration keeps working to make Big Cable bigger & richer & consumers poorer. The only consolation in today's ruling is the FCC can't block states like Oregon from passing our own net neutrality rules to preserve a free & open internet. https://www.washingtonpost.c…
Trump's FCC decision to overturn net neutrality was upheld by the court today — but the judges threw out the FCC's weirdo power-grab move that prevented states from passing their own net neutrality laws. https://www.theverge.com/...
This ruling upholding the FCC's repeal of net neutrality is a setback in the fight to ensure a free and open internet nationally. Michiganders rely on dependable, open internet access every day & I'll keep fighting to restore #NetNeutrality protections. https://www.washingtonpost…
DC Circuit affirms Trump administration's decision to kill net neutrality, but vacates the preemption provision, so states can go their own way. https://www.cadc.uscourts.gov/ ...
That the entire core justification for the #netneutrality repeal was based on flimsy (to nonexistent) data appears to have not played too much of a role in the court's thinking: https://www.vice.com/...
Keep in mind several of the state level #netneutrality rules go FURTHER than the 2015 FCC rules. California's SB822, for example, polices “zero rating” (which includes ISPs usage caps anti-competitively), something the FCC kind of punted on to the chagrin of many.
So the court approves the FCC's plan to gut most FCC authority over big ISPs, shoveling any remaining authority to an FTC that lacks the resources or authority to adequately police them (the entire reason the ISPs backed the proposal). But states (for now) can fill that void.