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By Matt Cover,
\nStaff Writer, CNS News<\/strong><\/p>\n

(CNSNews.com) \u2013 The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted on Thursday to begin the formal process of bringing the Internet under greater federal control \u2013 a move sought by both President Barack Obama and FCC Chairnman Julius Genachowski–even though federal law calls for an Internet “unfettered by Federal or State regulation.”<\/p>\n

This step comes after the federal D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals in April rebuked the FCC in its attempt to enforce a controversial regulatory doctrine called Net Neutrality, which would allow the government to prevent private Internet providers from deciding which applications to allow on their networks.<\/p>\n

The court said that the FCC did not have the authority to prevent Comcast, specifically, from blocking certain peer-to-peer Web sites.<\/p>\n

The FCC is now trying to reclassify the Internet to broaden its authority over the Web. Currently, the FCC only has \u201cancillary\u201d authority, meaning it can regulate Internet access only in the process of regulating another service that it has direct authority over, such as television or cable. Click here <\/a>to continue reading.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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