{"id":12445,"date":"2019-12-13T09:32:54","date_gmt":"2019-12-13T17:32:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/?p=12445"},"modified":"2019-12-13T10:05:26","modified_gmt":"2019-12-13T18:05:26","slug":"petitioning-for-rehearing-in-mozilla-v-fcc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/blogarchive\/blog\/2019\/12\/13\/petitioning-for-rehearing-in-mozilla-v-fcc\/","title":{"rendered":"Petitioning for rehearing in Mozilla v. FCC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today, Mozilla continues the fight to preserve net neutrality protection as a fundamental digital right. Alongside other petitioners in our <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/blog\/2018\/01\/16\/mozilla-files-suit-fcc-protect-net-neutrality\/\">FCC challenge<\/a>, Mozilla, Etsy, INCOMPAS, Vimeo and the Ad Hoc Telecom Users Committee filed a petition for rehearing and rehearing en banc in response to the <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/blog\/2019\/10\/04\/breaking-down-this-weeks-net-neutrality-court-decision\/\">D.C. Circuit decision<\/a> upholding the FCC\u2019s 2018 Order, which repealed safeguards for net neutrality.<\/p>\n<p>Our petition asks the original panel of judges or alternatively the full complement of D.C. Circuit judges to reconsider the decision both because it conflicts with D.C. Circuit or Supreme Court precedent and because it involves questions of exceptional importance.<\/p>\n<p>Mozilla\u2019s petition focuses on the FCC\u2019s reclassification of broadband as an information service and on the FCC\u2019s failure to properly address competition and market harm. We explain why we believe the Court can in fact overturn the FCC\u2019s new treatment of broadband service despite some of the deciding judges\u2019 belief that Supreme Court precedent prevents rejection of what they consider a nonsensical outcome. In addition, we point out that the Court should have done more than simply criticize the FCC\u2019s assertion that existing antitrust and consumer protection laws are sufficient to address concerns about market harm without engaging in further analysis. We also note inconsistencies in how the FCC handled evidence of market harm, and the Court\u2019s upholding of the FCC\u2019s approach nonetheless.<\/p>\n<p>We are excited to continue to lead this effort as part of a broad community pressing for net neutrality protections, and Mozilla supports other petitioners\u2019 filings at this stage that address additional important issues for reconsideration. See below for copies of the petitions filed.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Petition for rehearing and rehearing en banc filed by:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Mozilla-v-FCC-Joint-Petition-for-Rehearing-En-Banc.pdf\"><em> Mozilla, Etsy, INCOMPAS, Vimeo, and the Ad Hoc Telecom Users Committee<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/New-Americas-Open-Technology-Institute-Free-Press-Public-Knowledge-CDT-The-Benton-Institute-for-Broadband-Society-CCIA-and-National-Association-of-State-Utility-Consumer-Advocates-Petition.pdf\">New America&#8217;s Open Technology Institute, Free Press, Public Knowledge, CDT, The Benton Institute for Broadband &amp; Society, CCIA, and National Association of State Utility Consumer Advocates<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/NHMCCADCrehearingPet..pdf\"><em>National Hispanic Media Coalition<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today, Mozilla continues the fight to preserve net neutrality protection as a fundamental digital right. Alongside other petitioners in our FCC challenge, Mozilla, Etsy, INCOMPAS, Vimeo and the Ad Hoc &hellip; <a class=\"go\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/blogarchive\/blog\/2019\/12\/13\/petitioning-for-rehearing-in-mozilla-v-fcc\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1604,"featured_media":11974,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"coauthors":[324239],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Petitioning for rehearing in Mozilla v. 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