Politics / Corporate-friendly judges have overturned net neutrality, and Trump’s FCC will only make things worse. John Nichols The ability of the Federal Communications Commission to establish and maintain net neutrality rules was overturned on the second day of 2025 by a trio of Republican judicial appointees on the US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.

The FCC's net neutrality rules prevented internet service providers from throttling or blocking some content or charging more to deliver it.

In a blow against net neutrality, a federal appeals court has struck down the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) attempt to restore certain open internet measures. The court ruled that the FCC doesn’t have the authority to reinstate the rules it wanted to revive.