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Overturning 'Chevron deference' gives hope to save the internet

As my colleague Paul Guppy detailed in a blog post last week and discussed on WPC on the Go, the Supreme Court's recent decision in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo et al. weakens regulatory powers from unaccountable bureaucrats. While this has widespread implications, one potential outcome could be reigning in the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and their ability to classify the internet as a Title II communications service.

Reclassifying the internet from an information service (Title I) to a communication service (Title II) gives the FCC much more control over regulations govern...

 

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