D.C. Court Shoots Down FCC Net Neutrality Rules

Decision leaves door open

The Federal Communications Commission's controversial net neutrality rules have been shot down in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia. In a closely watched case, the three-judge panel remanded the rules back to the FCC to be rewritten.

Passed in a party-line vote in December 2010, the FCC's rules prohibited Internet service providers from slowing down or blocking any legal content. But the FCC's rules also raised questions about the extent of the agency's statutory authority to regulate the Internet.

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