Net Neutrality

Regulations on internet service providers may be repealed when the Federal Communications Commission votes on December 14.This move towards deregulation…

FCC Chairman Ajit Pai is repealing Obama-era regulations for Internet providers. He tells NPR he prefers taking targeted action against actual harms, not preemptively regulating hypothetical ones.

FCC Chairman Ajit Pai, a free market proponent, wants to repeal Obama-era regulations that treat Internet service providers like utilities. "Nothing about the Internet was broken in 2015," he said.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit rejected a lawsuit by telecom, cable and wireless industry associations against new rules that expanded federal oversight of Internet service providers.

Once again, a federal court will decide whether the FCC can keep its Open Internet rules. This time, the challenge centers on the FCC's overhaul of how it regulates Internet providers.