Federal net-neutrality protections returned in 2024, then fell to a 2025 appellate ruling
The 2017 administration backed repeal; the FCC restored the rules under Biden. The Sixth Circuit later held that the FCC lacked statutory authority to classify broadband for those federal rules.
Entities and roles
- Trump administration support for net-neutrality rollbackexecutive action under legal and impact review
- Donald J. Trumppresident who issued the action
Relationships in this file
- Donald J. Trumppublicly backed net-neutrality rollbackTrump administration support for net-neutrality rollback
Claims and evidence
- factreported
The Washington Post reports that the FCC's 2024 restoration of federal net-neutrality rules was vacated by the Sixth Circuit on January 2, 2025 for lack of statutory authority; the ruling followed, but was legally distinct from, the Trump administration's 2017 policy support for repeal.
- The Washington Post: Federal appeals court strikes down FCC's net neutrality rules2017 repeal, 2024 restoration, and January 2025 Sixth Circuit holding
- factdocumented
On 2017-07-18, Donald Trump’s White House stated that the administration supported the FCC chair’s effort to review and consider rolling back the Obama-era net-neutrality rules.
Corrects claim:batch-200:net-neutrality-rollback-support-2017- Trump White House Archives: Press Briefing by Principal Deputy Press Secretary Sarah SandersOperative text of the cited action