The decision reinstates net neutrality regulations, reversing the 2017 decision

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The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted on April 25 to reinstate net neutrality regulations, preventing service providers such as Comcast, AT&T, Verizon from cascading the Internet with traffic. priority traffic.

The committee voted 3-2 along party lines.

During the administration of former US President Donald Trump in 2017, net neutrality laws were deemed unnecessary and were repealed.

Current US President Joe Biden issued an executive order in 2021 to encourage the FCC to restore net neutrality.

Previous FCC guidelines disallowed such tactics under “net neutrality” rules and did not allow ISPs to charge consumers extra for faster access to certain content. Internet compared to other content. The rules were adopted in 2010. Comcast and then Verizon Communications Inc. challenged the FCC rules. The court ruled in 2014 that while the FCC has authority to oversee broadband communications, the agency does not have a mandate to impose anti-discrimination rules on broadband providers .

The FCC then voted in 2015 to change ISPs from Title I information services to Title II common service providers, thus forcing ISPs to follow net neutrality protocols.

Source: VOA News, Reuters (David Shepardson), Deadline (Jill Goldsmith, Ted Johnson)