{"id":3611,"date":"2017-05-01T16:25:00","date_gmt":"2017-05-01T16:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.publicknowledge.org\/press-release\/dc-circuit-court-upholds-open-internet-rules-again\/"},"modified":"2024-12-09T22:51:04","modified_gmt":"2024-12-09T22:51:04","slug":"dc-circuit-court-upholds-open-internet-rules-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/publicknowledge.org\/dc-circuit-court-upholds-open-internet-rules-again\/","title":{"rendered":"DC Circuit Court Upholds Open Internet Rules — Again"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today, the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals <\/span>denied petitions<\/a> asking the court to reconsider its decision upholding the Federal Communications Commission\u2019s 2015 Open Internet Order<\/a>. It declined to do so, with an opinion by Judges Srinivasan and Tatel reiterating why the arguments against the previous FCC\u2019s actions are without merit.<\/p>\n

The following can be attributed to John Bergmayer, Senior Counsel at Public Knowledge:<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe D.C. Circuit has once again confirmed that the FCC’s Open Internet rules are lawful and supported by the evidence. Now, the primary threat to these important consumer protections is <\/span>FCC Chairman Pai’s determination to roll them back<\/a>, and to hand more power to monopolistic internet access providers.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Today, the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals denied petitions asking the court to reconsider its decision upholding the Federal Communications Commission\u2019s 2015 Open Internet Order. It declined to do so, with an opinion by Judges Srinivasan and Tatel reiterating why the arguments against the previous FCC\u2019s actions are without merit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":122,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[13],"class_list":["post-3611","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release","tag-net-neutrality"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nDC Circuit Court Upholds Open Internet Rules - Again - Public Knowledge<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Public Knowledge promotes freedom of expression, an open internet, and access to affordable communications tools and creative works. 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