FCC’s Rollback of Net-Neutrality Rules Won’t Settle the Divisive Issue
- ‘There will be lawsuits’ as FCC actions tested yet again
- Current rules little over two years old and face replacemnt
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Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai took a big step toward his goal of voiding Obama-era net neutrality regulations Tuesday as he submitted his plan to the rest of the commission for a vote.
But the expected adoption of the plan by his fellow Republicans on the commission next month won’t end a debate that’s roiled the tech world for years. Aggrieved parties will try to save the regulations in federal court, where judges will decide whether the agency is within its rights to reverse a regulation it adopted little more than two years ago.