Amid Closure, FCC Asks DC Circuit for Delay in Net Neutrality Oral Argument, Which Others Oppose
Due to the ongoing FCC closure during the partial government shutdown, the agency Tuesday requested that the court hearing appeals to its common-carrier net neutrality rollback delay Feb. 1's oral argument. The agency's request noted petitioners oppose the motion. The case is Mozilla v. FCC, No. 18-1051.
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Taking no petition on the government's request, the agency said, are petitioner-intervenors the Internet Association, Entertainment Software Association, Computer and Communications Industry Association and Writers Guild of America West. The U.S., intervenor Digital Justice Foundation and respondent-intervenors USTelecom, CTIA, NCTA, the American Cable Association and Wireless ISP don't oppose the motion, it said.
Mozilla didn't comment right away.