Is the Trump administration's re-killing of net neutrality a big deal?

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The Federal Communications Commission has already repealed net neutrality, but the Trump administration can't leave it there. It also wants the Supreme Court to remove a ruling that upheld the controversial Obama-era rules. Is this a big deal? It depends on who you ask. While the request is somewhat unusual, not many cases upholding government regulation are followed by a repeal of that regulation, some legal experts say remanding the decision is just a bit of legal housecleaning. But net neutrality supporters disagree. They accuse the Trump administration of tossing out the legal precedent to attempt to set up a better scenario in the next legal battle over the FCC's 2017 repeal. What's at stake in this fight over the 2015 net neutrality regulations isn't only the basic rules of the road for how service providers can treat internet traffic, but also whether the FCC has the authority to regulate broadband networks like a public utility.


Is the Trump administration's re-killing of net neutrality a big deal?