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Federal Court Largely Upholds FCC Repeal of Net Neutrality Rules

HeadlineOct 02, 2019

In technology news, a federal appeals court has largely upheld the Federal Communications Commission’s 2017 repeal of net neutrality protections, but the court did rule that individual states can pass their own net neutrality regulations. Supporters of net neutrality say protections are needed to preserve an open internet and to bar internet service providers from stopping or slowing down the delivery of websites.

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