
What you need to know
- In an appellate court ruling this week, net neutrality rules were struck down in a massive blow to regulation.
- The court decided that the FCC didn't have the authority to impose net neutrality rules on ISPs, disagreeing with the agency's interpretation of the Telecommunications Act.
- The decision hampers executive branch agencies' ability to regulate big tech companies, and precedent could be applied to hot-button issues like right-to-repair.