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Net neutrality is dead, once again, after Sixth Circuit ruling

Senators speaking at net neutrality press conference
Democratic Senators (l-r) Richard Blumenthal, Maria Cantwell and Ed Markey advocating net neutrality last year. Photo: Zach Gibson/Getty Images

Relying on Loper Bright, the Sixth Circuit ruled that ISPs are “information providers,” not “telecommunications providers.”

The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals has struck down the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) net neutrality rule, the Safeguarding and Securing the Open Internet Order.

A panel of three Republican-appointed judges unanimously rejected the FCC’s claim that internet service providers (ISPs), are telecommunications services, but instead ruled that they should

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