Ajit Pai defeats another attempt to restore FCC’s net neutrality rules

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The Federal Communications Commission has defeated another challenge to its repeal of net neutrality rules, as a federal court yesterday decided that it won't rehear the case.

In October 2019, a three-judge panel at the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit upheld the FCC's repeal of net neutrality rules. Mozilla, consumer-advocacy groups, and state attorneys general asked for a rehearing in front of all the DC Circuit court judges, but the request was denied yesterday in a very short ruling.

The petitioners could still appeal to the US Supreme Court but haven't said if they will do so. "While today's result is unfortunate, it's not that surprising," Free Press VP of Policy and General Counsel Matt Wood said. "Courts routinely deny rehearing requests like this. But we'll keep weighing our legal options."

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