…in court, the FCC all but conceded that big internet providers could charge web companies for preferential “fast lanes” to reach consumers at higher speeds. The agency was forced to concede this point to avoid arguing that it had created a “common carrier” rule, according to Jennifer Yu at Free Press.
The “common carrier” loopholes could lose the case for the FCC, according to TechFreedom, an anti-regulation think tank. Net neutrality rules, TechFreedom argues, do not protect consumers and are simply the FCC’s attempt to stay relevant in a world that no longer needs its regulatory authority. The non-discrimination rule, they argue, effectively bars “innovative arrangements for new services.”
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