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Court strikes down FCC anti-discrimination rule opposed by Internet providers
On May 6, 2026, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit vacated the FCC's rules prohibiting digital discrimination in broadband access . The court held that the FCC erred by adopting a dispar
On May 6, 2026, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit vacated the FCC's rules prohibiting digital discrimination in broadband access . The court held that the FCC erred by adopting a disparate impact standard and sweeping too broadly in defining who the rules apply to . The FCC must go back through a notice-and-comment rulemaking to produce a new rule .
Source: Ars Technica | 2026-05-06