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nullc · 2020-02-26 01:59:10+00:00

Hm. FCC getting a ruling overturned that strengthens the law doesn't change the existing law, however.

monocasa | karma 27236 | avg karma 2.94 · | 2018-08-21 17:44:29

The FCC gains it's authority to create regulation from federal law though.

slavik81 | karma 6917 | avg karma 2.95 · | 2018-04-13 20:34:16+00:00

It doesn't change your point, but that was the FTC, not the FCC.

kingkongrevenge | karma 2053 | avg karma 2.25 · | 2008-09-10 21:31:28

I don't follow. The FCC making up rules as it sees fit is somehow better than a body of legal precedent and perhaps some fixed legislation?

warfangle | karma 3705 | avg karma 2.22 · | 2015-02-03 17:11:07+00:00

Huh? Which part of the telecommunications act gives the FCC that power, that has not been struck down by the courts?

inanutshellus | karma 2133 | avg karma 3.71 · | 2016-06-14 10:42:47

Is this ruling not the FCC regaining "teeth"?

esteb_li | karma 11 | avg karma 1.57 · | 2014-01-14 16:44:37

I couldn't agree more. There's absolutely no way this ruling can benefit the customers. The article mentionned that the FCC could rewrite its rule so to fit under the law, so it may very well be far from over.

guelo | karma 25003 | avg karma 4.71 · | 2019-05-31 20:09:28+00:00

The FCC passed a regulation to stop the practice and Congress voted to overturn that regulation.

snowwrestler | karma 28901 | avg karma 3.63 · | 2017-03-29 04:10:15+00:00

The FCC did have the backing of legislation, which is why it took an act of Congress to overturn it.

cjoh | karma 4165 | avg karma 8.9 · | 2021-03-09 18:24:41

I’m not particularly familiar with FCC law, but don’t they tend to... not approve things like this? Not being sarcastic, honest question.

spenvo | karma 6698 | avg karma 15.47 · | 2017-03-30 00:58:22+00:00

No, wrong again. The resolution prohibits the FCC from making rules like this in the future, so the legal climate itself is different. The threat of regulation doesn't hang over this shady-ass business anymore, and things like this don't happen in a vacuum. Your "fake news" claims are the greatest "misrepresentation" in this thread

gergles | karma 4382 | avg karma 5.2 · | 2014-04-24 00:27:05+00:00

It's not a law. It's an "administrative regulation" and there's nothing anybody other than the FCC commissioners can do to stop it.

MagicWishMonkey | karma 871 | avg karma 3.96 · | 2015-02-28 11:46:01

FCC rulings can be overruled via congress or by the FCC itself in the future.

It takes an act of God to overturn a treaty.

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mschwar99 | karma 302 | avg karma 5.39 · | 2010-04-06 09:54:42

Looks like it might take an act of Congress to bestow the authority? Can't find the full text of the decision yet, but first reports seem to suggest the court finds the FCC's authority doesn't extend to enforcing net neutrality rather than net neutrality is itself unenforceable.

pnw_hazor | karma 1338 | avg karma 1.36 · | 2018-04-13 20:33:49+00:00

Alternative headline: FCC declines to violate the First Amendment of the US Constitution.

rhino369 | karma 7152 | avg karma 2.18 · | 2017-03-23 17:37:31

No, Congress is removing the FCC's authority to make rules on this topic. It would take an act of congress to give it back.

jadell | karma 887 | avg karma 3.92 · | 2017-03-29 01:10:14+00:00

They did. And it resulted in the FCC regulations that just got rolled back.

triangleman | karma 1293 | avg karma 2.17 · | 2017-03-29 15:30:25+00:00

FTC can still regulate ISP's after this bill passes, if I understand it correctly.

Edit: Nope, apparently this just nullifies the FCC rule, it's not an actual bill to change authority away from FCC. D'oh.

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msoad | karma 8164 | avg karma 5.05 · | 2015-11-10 22:12:27+00:00

So FCC rulings against this type of service is not applied to mobile providers?

Sanddancer | karma 5346 | avg karma 2.91 · | 2016-08-01 20:22:52+00:00

FCC announcement: http://transition.fcc.gov/Daily_Releases/Daily_Business/2016...

Direct Link to the ruling: http://transition.fcc.gov/Daily_Releases/Daily_Business/2016...

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