Here’s What Comes Next in the Fight to Save Net Neutrality
The GOP-led Federal Communications Commission this week released the first details of its long-anticipated plan to roll-back Obama-era net neutrality protections. At issue is the Open Internet Order, a sweeping set of policies passed back in 2015 aimed at ensuring net neutrality, the idea that internet service providers should treat all traffic equally. It also reclassified internet providers as "Title II" common carriers, much like telephone companies, a designation that gave the FCC legal authority over their business practices. But it's clear that the FCC plans roll back Title II status, returning internet providers to the status of "information services" as opposed to telecommunications services. Without Title II, the FCC doesn't actually have the authority to enforce the Open Internet Order's net neutrality rules.
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