WASHINGTON — On Tuesday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit rejected a challenge by Internet Service Providers, upholding the Federal Communications Commission’s Open Internet Order, ruling that the agency exercised its proper authority when it reclassified broadband internet access as a telecom service in February 2015.
This ruling affirms the basic rules long sought by a broad coalition that includes musicians, internet users, civil rights groups, public interest organizations, and technologists.
FMC National Organizing Director Kevin Erickson released the following statement: read more