{"id":19067,"date":"2020-02-19T15:16:17","date_gmt":"2020-02-19T15:16:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.publicknowledge.org\/?post_type=press_release&#038;p=19067"},"modified":"2021-11-24T16:53:18","modified_gmt":"2021-11-24T16:53:18","slug":"fcc-action-on-fcc-remand-fails-to-take-the-issues-seriously","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/publicknowledge.org\/fcc-action-on-fcc-remand-fails-to-take-the-issues-seriously\/","title":{"rendered":"FCC Action on FCC Remand Fails to Take the Issues Seriously"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Today, the Federal Communications Commission issued a bureau-level <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.fcc.gov\/public\/attachments\/DA-20-168A1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Public Notice<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to \u201crefresh the record\u201d on net neutrality as requested by the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals in <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.publicknowledge.org\/press-release\/public-knowledge-applauds-d-c-circuit-court-ruling-preventing-fcc-from-blocking-state-net-neutrality-laws\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mozilla v. FCC<\/span><\/i><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, when the court upheld most of the agency\u2019s net neutrality repeal.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The following can be attributed to Jenna Leventoff, Senior Policy Counsel at Public Knowledge:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe court in <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mozilla <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">required the FCC to address how its <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.publicknowledge.org\/press-release\/fcc-abandons-consumer-protection-responsibility-with-net-neutrality-repeal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Restoring Internet Freedom Order<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which repealed the agency\u2019s net neutrality rules and took away FCC jurisdiction over broadband, impacted public safety, pole attachments, and the Lifeline program. Instead of opening new rulemaking proceedings to properly address the Court&#8217;s serious concerns, the FCC has combined them into a single, four-page, bureau-level public notice, and provided a mere 40 days for public comment on all of them. The nature of the questions the FCC has put forward, also, appear to assume that the Commission got it right the first time, an opinion the Court clearly did not share.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cPublic Knowledge is deeply disappointed in the FCC for failing to take the court\u2019s request seriously, and for its apparent lack of desire to think about how its Order will impact the safety of the American public, the beneficiaries of the Lifeline program, and the entities using pole attachments to provide broadband. We <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.publicknowledge.org\/act-now\/tell-congress-to-save-net-neutrality\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">encourage the public to speak out<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> about the importance of a free and open internet.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For more information on why we strongly opposed the FCC\u2019s net neutrality repeal, please view our recent blog post, \u201c<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.publicknowledge.org\/blog\/two-years-later-broadband-providers-are-still-taking-advantage-of-an-internet-without-net-neutrality-protections\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Two Years Later, Broadband Providers Are Still Taking Advantage of An Internet Without Net Neutrality Protections<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today, the Federal Communications Commission issued a bureau-level Public Notice to \u201crefresh the record\u201d on net neutrality as requested by the D.C. 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