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FCC To Make Move On Net Neutrality

Posted by samzenpus on from the why-don't-we-try-this-again dept.

GrApHiX42 writes "The FCC will announce on Thursday it plans to pursue a 'third way' forward in the fight for tough net neutrality rules, opening a new front in an ongoing legal battle that could come to define the commission under Chairman Julius Genachowski. A senior FCC official said Wednesday that the chairman 'will seek to restore the status quo as it existed' before a federal court ruled it lacked the authority to regulate broadband providers and set rules that mandate open Internet. The goal is to 'fulfill the previously stated agenda of extending broadband to all Americans, protecting consumers, ensuring fair competition, and preserving a free and open Internet,' the FCC official said."

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  1. Announcing your intent to circumvent the law? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    FCC: We have now made rules and regulations that mean violating net neutrality is forbidden
    Court: Actually, that was not part of the authority given to you in your mandate
    FCC: Oh, in that case we will use the powers everyone agree we do have in creatively interpreted ways so that we create the same effect as if we wrote the laws

    Uh, how is this OK?