Now that the Federal Communications Commission has been stripped of the power it presumed over the internet, it's up to Congress to enact laws to regulate the medium.
But considering what they're already up against on Capitol Hill, it looks like the World Wide Web could remain the Wild West for years to come.
An appellate court on Tuesday threw a wrench into the FCC's hopes to expand broadband and bar internet service providers from favoring their own content at the expense of others — a concept known as “net neutrality." The three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals ruled that the FCC, which can regulate broadcast TV and telephone landlines, doesn’t have the authority to regulate the internet.