FCC Excises Any Trace of ISP Privacy Rules
An FCC notice Thursday formally got rid of any trace of 2016 ISP privacy rules, which Congress killed in a Congressional Review Act resolution of disapproval before they took effect (see 1704030054). Because the CRA resolution “does not direct the…
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Office of the Federal Register to remove the voided regulatory text and reissue the pre-existing regulatory text, the FCC issues this document to effect the removal of any amendments, deletions, or other modifications made by the nullified rule, and the reversion to the text of the regulations in effect immediately prior to the effect date of the Report and Order,” said a notice in the Federal Register. The rules, approved over objections of FCC Republicans, were doomed since the election of President Donald Trump (see 1611090034).