FCC: ISPs can’t use First Amendment as shield from net neutrality

By Matthew Lasar – In the FCC’s net neutrality Order, released in full on Friday (pdf), the agency rejected the notion that ISPs enjoy First Amendment protection from its open Internet rules. Here’s how the debate played out.

Does this mean that the FCC will limit ISP attempts to sell certain content providers better quality access to their subscribers? That’s not at all clear. As...