FCC Chair Brendan Carr deletes net neutrality rules.
As part of an initiative to purge its own regulations, the FCC says it's removed rules (that hadn't taken effect) to reclassify broadband providers as common carriers. They were already struck down by a federal appeals court, but advocates can still appeal to the Supreme Court. Free Press General Counsel Matt Wood says the deletion, which came without advanced notice, is 'a premature housekeeping step,' that helps 'score points with broadband monopolies and their lobbyists.'
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