In 2015, the Obama administration’s Federal Communications Commission (FCC) successfully re-classified internet service providers (ISPs) as “public utilities” or “common carriers” under Title II of the Communications Act. This sweeping public policy change – more commonly known as net neutrality – was a bridge too far for most Republicans. This measure that abandoned the light touch regulatory approach that allowed the internet to grow and thrive was a power grab. That is why one of the first big acts of the new Republican administration in 2017 was to roll back that reclassification.
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