The DC Circuit Court of Appeals this week handed down its opinion in Mozilla v. Federal Communications Commission, the effort to reimpose through litigation the Obama administration’s internet takeover. Thankfully, the court opted to follow precedent and acknowledge the validity of the FCC’s Restoring Internet Freedom Act, which reversed the Obama-era reclassification of broadband services under 1930s era rules that threatened the internet with unprecedented levels of government control.
Advocates for a regulated internet claim their concern is “net neutrality,” but they ignore that the principle was enforced by the FTC before the FCC usurped authority over the internet using Title II.
At the prospect of reversing that power grab, they conjured all manner of scenarios to support their predictions of doom. But it’s now been over a year, and none of it has come true.
Those committed to 1930’s style regulation of the internet under Title II appear committed to their path despite the contradictory evidence. They’ve scared up a lot of public support (remember the ridiculous spectacle of website “blackouts” when the FCC was voting?) by spreading fear and misinformation.
The hope of turning that passion into votes, while advancing their ideological agenda of growing the power and scope of government beyond all imaginable boundaries, means this fight is far from done.
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