A US appeals court has ruled that the Federal Communications Commission does not have the authority to bring back net neutrality regulations, and has thus set aside the "Safeguarding Order" that would have restored them.
In its ruling, the US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit declared that "broadband internet service providers offer only an 'information service'" as defined under current US law, "and therefore, the FCC lacks the statutory authority to impose its desired net-neutrality policies through the 'telecommunications service' provision of the Communications Act."
