Trade groups claimed the state law is preempted by former Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai’s repeal of net neutrality rules. Pai’s repeal placed ISPs under the more forgiving Title I regulatory framework instead of the common-carrier framework in Title II of the Communications Act. 2nd Circuit judges did not find this argument convincing:

Second, the ABA is not conflict-preempted by the Federal Communications Commission’s 2018 order classifying broadband as an information service. That order stripped the agency of its authority to regulate the rates charged for broadband Internet, and a federal agency cannot exclude states from regulating in an area where the agency itself lacks regulatory authority. Accordingly, we REVERSE the judgment of the district court and VACATE the permanent injunction.

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      From the article isps fought against fcc regulations which subjected them to state regulations, hence leopards ate my face fyi

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      Since you’re stupid let me explain, what i believe he’s saying is that even though corporations are a “person” according to the law certain things that can happen to actual persons (like a leopard eating someone’s face) can’t happen to a corporations

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        Since you’re stupid let me explain

        That response is awesome.