Another New Beginning for Net Neutrality

Finally, after months of anticipation, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit released its decision in the latest net neutrality case. The court has tied the issue up in a nice bow and we can all stop worrying and arguing over it now. Let's turn our attention to playoff baseball!  If only. In the hours and days since the D.C. Circuit Court issued its ruling in Mozilla Corporation vs Federal Communications Commission, the case that challenged the Federal Communications Commission's 2018 repeal of network neutrality rules, the FCC, broadband providers, and challengers (including the Benton Institute for Broadband & Society) have claimed victory. Rather than jumping into that fray, let's take a step back for a moment to examine how the decision reads.