US 'net neutrality' rules to expire on June 11, says FCC

US “net neutrality” rules will expire on June 11, and new regulations handing providers broad new power over how consumers can access the internet will take effect, the Federal Communications Commission said Thursday in setting the date. The prior rules were intended to ensure a free and open internet, give consumers equal access to web content and bar broadband service providers from favouring their own material or others. 

In December, it repealed the Obama-era open-internet rules set in 2015, which bars providers from blocking or slowing down access to content or charging consumers more for certain content.

The prior rules were intended to ensure a free and open internet, give consumers equal access to web content and bar broadband service providers from favoring their own material or others.

The new rules require internet providers to tell consumers whether they will block or slow content or offer paid “fast lanes.”