Court Says ISPs Can't Use Net Neutrality Repeal to Dodge Lawsuits For Shitty Service

Court Says ISPs Can't Use Net Neutrality Repeal to Dodge Lawsuits For Shitty Service

6 years ago
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https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20180621/14221440085/court-says-isps-cant-use-net-neutrality-repeal-to-dodge-lawsuits-shitty-service.shtml

The Trump FCC's rollback of federal net neutrality rules didn't just kill net neutrality. The repeal also gutted FCC authority over ISPs, shoveling any remaining authority to an FTC that's ill-equipped to actually police ISPs (the entire point and why ISPs lobbied for it). This comically-misleading "Restoring Internet Freedom" order also tries to ban states from protecting consumers. The language, included in the repeal after heavy lobbying by Comcast and Verizon, attempts to "pre-empt" state authority over ISPs.

ISPs quickly got to work trying to use the language to dodge accountability.