FCC Drops Appeal, Will Provide Data About Net Neutrality Commenters To New York Times
By Wendy Davis, Media Post, Sept. 29, 2020
The Federal Communications Commission has withdrawn its appeal of an order requiring it to provide The New York Times with metadata about web users who who submitted comments to the agency during its 2017 net neutrality proceeding, which resulted in a rollback of the Obama-era rules.
The move brings an end to a lawsuit brought by the New York Times in 2018, when the newspaper sued the FCC for more information about users who weighed in on the proposed revocation of the agency's prior net neutrality rules. Those rules prohibited broadband providers from blocking or throttling traffic and from charging higher fees for fast-lane service.
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