We still don’t know when net neutrality rules will come off the books [Updated]

Enlarge / Rally organizers carry away props following a protest outside the Federal Communication Commission building against the end of net neutrality rules on December 14, 2017 in Washington, DC. (credit: Getty Images | Chip Somodevilla )

The Federal Communications Commission's net neutrality repeal has been published in the Federal Register. Groups that want to reverse the repeal can now start filing lawsuits against the FCC.

But the rules are technically still in place for a while longer. The Federal Register publication happened on Thursday this week, which means that certain minor portions of the repeal order will take effect on April 23. But there's still no date for the official repeal of the core rules against blocking, throttling, and paid prioritization.

The repeal is contingent on US Office of Management and Budget [OMB] approval of modified information collection requirements, the FCC said. Later, the FCC will publish another document in the Federal Register "announcing the effective date(s) of the delayed amendatory instructions," the FCC said. "The Declaratory Ruling, Report and Order, and Order will also be effective upon the date announced in that same document." The FCC voted to repeal its net neutrality rules on December 14,

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