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Net neutrality is struck, ending a long battle to regulate ISPs like public utilities

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By Andrew Mambo

Published January 14, 2025 at 12:34 PM EST

A U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit in Cincinnati ruled that the FCC did not have legal authority to restore the net neutrality rules first implemented in 2015.

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