The federal government’s plan to impose “net neutrality” regulations went beyond its authority, a U.S. appeals court ruled on Jan. 2.
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) regulations, which bar internet service providers from blocking or limiting access to users, violate federal law because the providers provide an information service, not a telecommunications service, U.S. Circuit Judge Richard Allen Griffin wrote for a unanimous panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.
