Appeals court upholds FCC's net neutrality rules

An appeals court has upheld the U.S. Federal Communications Commission's controversial net neutrality rules, passed in 2015. The FCC had the authority to reclassify broadband as a common-carrier telecom service to provide a foundation for net neutrality rules that prohibit broadband providers from selectively blocking or slowing Internet traffic, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled in an opinion released Tuesday.The FCC, in a 3-2, party-line decision, v