FCC votes to bring back net neutrality rules

The Federal Communications Commission voted 3-2 to bring back net neutrality rules that had been repealed under former President Donald Trump’s administration. The rules would prohibit internet providers from favoring or limiting certain kinds of traffic across the network, by re-establishing the treatment of internet providers as Title II “common carriers” akin to phone companies. “We restore FCC oversight of broadband internet access, with bedrock authority in Title II of the Communications Act,” said FCC Commissioner Anna Gomez. “We reinstate guardrails to safeguard and secure broadband infrastructure, and to ensure that the internet remains open and available to all.” The…