Mark your calendars: Net neutrality’s death has been set for April 23.
The Federal Communications Commission filed its revoke order on Thursday, with the “Restoring Internet Freedom” order set to pull back on Obama-era regulations against internet service providers. The current rules, in place since 2015, prevent ISPs from playing favorites by charging more for access to certain sites or “throttling,” or slowing down, access to content.
In its Thursday filing, the FCC said its decision “returns to the light-touch regulatory scheme that enabled the internet to develop and thrive for nearly two decades. The Commission restores the classification of broadband internet access service as a lightly-regulated information service and reinstates the private mobile service classification of mobile broadband internet access service.”