FCC Restores Net Neutrality Rules

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has voted to reinstate net neutrality rules, allowing the agency to regulate broadband Internet access as a telecommunications service.

Through its actions today, the Commission creates a national standard by which it can ensure that broadband internet service is treated as an essential service. Today's vote also makes clear that the Commission will exercise its authority over broadband in a narrowly tailored fashion—without rate regulation, tariffing, or unbundling—to foster continued innovation and investment.

The FCC says that today's vote will give it essentials tools to:

● Protect the Open Internet – Internet service providers will again be prohibited from blocking, throttling, or engaging in paid prioritization of lawful content, restoring the rules that were upheld by the D.C. Circuit in 2016.

● Safeguard National Security – The Commission will have the ability to revoke the authorizations of foreign-owned entities who pose a threat to ...