<P> Upon becoming FCC chairman in April 2017 , Ajit Pai proposed to repeal the policies and issued a NPRM soliciting comments from the public on the issue . The FCC received over 20 million comments this time around . While this process was still underway , New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman made public that he has been investigating a substantial amount of fraudulent activity relating to the comments on this rulemaking and that the FCC has been resistant to assisting him in his investigation . It has since been revealed that there were millions of fraudulent comments submitted during this comment period . Nevertheless , on December 14 , 2017 , the Federal Communications Commission ( FCC ) voted in favor of repealing these policies , 3 -- 2 , along party lines , as the 2015 vote had occurred . On January 4 , 2018 , the FCC published the official text for `` Restoring Internet freedom '' . Shortly thereafter , twenty two state Attorneys General filed suit against the FCC , alleging , inter alia , that the comment process was corrupted , making the rule changes invalid . </P>
<P> Upon becoming FCC chairman in April 2017 , Ajit Pai proposed to repeal the policies and issued a NPRM soliciting comments from the public on the issue . The FCC received over 20 million comments this time around . While this process was still underway , New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman made public that he has been investigating a substantial amount of fraudulent activity relating to the comments on this rulemaking and that the FCC has been resistant to assisting him in his investigation . It has since been revealed that there were millions of fraudulent comments submitted during this comment period . Nevertheless , on December 14 , 2017 , the Federal Communications Commission ( FCC ) voted in favor of repealing these policies , 3 -- 2 , along party lines , as the 2015 vote had occurred . On January 4 , 2018 , the FCC published the official text for `` Restoring Internet freedom '' . Shortly thereafter , twenty two state Attorneys General filed suit against the FCC , alleging , inter alia , that the comment process was corrupted , making the rule changes invalid . </P>
when did the fcc vote to repeal net neutrality
when did the fcc vote to repeal net neutrality
December 14 , 2017
December 14 , 2017