New president, new FCC, new net neutrality rules?

One policy issue that has haunted every Federal Communications Commission in the past decade, and then some, is net neutrality. That’s the idea that internet service providers have to treat all content equally and can’t slow down or charge more for certain kinds of content. Rules have ping-ponged between administrations. Obama’s FCC put neutrality rules in place in 2015 and Trump’s appointee repealed them in 2017. New Acting FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel supports net neutrality rules. She said, "I think things are always sturdier when they’re written into law. But I also think that when the FCC chose, in 2015, to update its rules and make sure that net neutrality was in its policies, that decision was ultimately upheld in the courts. So I think that the agency can move here, too." Since the 2017 repeal, she said, "Congress has expressed a lot of interest in this issue. There was a law passed in the House of Representatives to try to bring back net neutrality, [but] it did not make its way through the Senate. But one result of Congress working on this issue is that most of our providers have been on their best behavior. I’m not sure that we have a real assessment of what’s happened over the last few years, like you’re describing, but I think interest in this issue is still high. And I still support net neutrality, no doubt about it."