NYT defeats Ajit Pai as judge orders FCC to provide net neutrality records

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The New York Times has won its lawsuit against the Federal Communications Commission, as a federal judge ruled Thursday that the FCC must turn over net neutrality comment records that it refused to give to the NYT.

The NYT sued the FCC in September 2018, saying the agency denied a Freedom of Information Act (FoIA) request for records that the NYT said might shed light on possible Russian interference in the net neutrality repeal proceeding. The Times' motion for summary judgment was granted by Judge Lorna Schofield of the US District Court for the Southern District of New York.

"We are pleased that the court saw through the FCC's privacy arguments and understood the public interest in The Times having access to this data," a NYT spokesperson told Ars today.

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