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Several related cases; the opinion in one of them is here: https://www.opn.ca6.uscourts.gov/opinions.pdf/25a0002p-06.pd...

Lousy reporting: although it quotes the opinion and links to other articles on the same website, the article doesn't bother to cite the opinion or even mention the name of the case, let alone link to the source.

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I would love to see HN adopt a policy of replacing links to news pieces about court opinions that don't link them with links to better news pieces that do.

Why even bother with "news" pieces? They're all just sensationalist trash.

Just link to the source directly, most of us here know how to read and (probably) have the mental acuity to form our own conclusions.

Helpful analysis that provides additional context can exist, eg. SCOTUSBlog that provides useful summaries while reliably linking to the rulings themselves. It's not all sensationalist trash.

reason.com has good articles on the topic.

https://reason.com/tag/net-neutrality/

the NYT article links to the same PDF you provided

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/02/technology/net-neutrality...

Pretty typical of media reporting on court cases. Just awful.

Huge pet peve of mine. Reporters incentive are to keep you on site, not inform.

It is particularly egregious when reporting on governmental public safety announcement and laws. Reporting buries the web results, but fails to cite it.

I'm generally a libertarian, but would be in favor of required linking of government PSAs and laws

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