UM: Net Neutrality

In the New York Times, an essay by UM law professor Susan Crawford looks at a recent federal appeals court ruling on “net neutrality.” The court ruled that the FCC lacks legal authority to bar Comcast from blocking certain uses of its Internet access services. Crawford writes: “This decision has become a rip-the-Band-Aid-off moment for the regulatory agency, forcing it to reconsider its effort to impose ‘network neutrality’ by requiring that Internet access providers treat all content equally. It also puts a substantial roadblock in the path of the commission’s National Broadband Plan, which proposes to spend billions of dollars to help provide Internet access, rather than phone access, for people in rural areas.” [Source]