Court says FCC’s ‘unhinged’ net neutrality repeal can’t stop state laws
https://techcrunch.com/2019/10/01/court-says-fccs-unhinged-net-neutrality-repeal-cant-stop-state-laws/
The FCC’s repeal of net neutrality rules has been significantly weakened by a federal appeals court, which ruled that the Commission could not preempt state laws like those pending in California. And although the repeal largely survived otherwise, one judge called the logic on which it is based “unhinged from the realities of modern broadband service.”
The outcome of this case is not final, as the issue may rise as far as the Supreme Court, whose past decisions lower courts are bound to follow, yet are increasingly shown to be out of step with the way technology and markets work today. (You can read the full 186-page court opinion here.)