Appeals-court decision ends effort to regulate internet providers like utilities, citing Supreme Court decision restraining federal agencies’ powers.

After nearly two decades of fighting, the battle over regulations that treat broadband providers like utilities came to an end on Thursday.

A federal appeals court struck down the Federal Communications Commission's "Open Internet Order" net neutrality rules

A U.S. appeals court ruled on Thursday the Federal Communications Commission did not have legal authority to reinstate landmark net neutrality rules. The decision is a blow to the outgoing Biden administration that had made restoring the open internet rules a priority.