The court allowed the FCC to kill net neutrality because washing machines can't make phone calls [telecom]

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It's been a hard week for net neutrality supporters, as the Trump Federal Communication Commission's decision to strip neutrality rules from the internet was upheld by the Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit.

It was a fairly narrow win for the FCC, as the court said it was required to defer to the agency's judgment, and bound by the precedent set in a controversial 2005 case called NCTA v. Brand X (or just Brand X for short). And the court said the FCC cannot block states like California from writing their own net neutrality laws, so that's where the fight moves next.