FCC releases final net neutrality repeal order, three weeks after vote

[FBaggins]

2. The problem here is that there isn't a "law" to ignore

The Obama administration was never successful in getting Congress to pass net neutrality legislation... so they tried to address the issue within the existing regulatory framework (essentially by declaring ISPs to be telephone networks so that their existing authority would cover them. Unfortunately (though probably predictably), that didn't pass muster with the courts. They tried again a couple years ago with a similar declaration that they hoped would pass court muster... but I think that was still an open question when the current administration decided to change the regulations.

As we're learning with so many other regulations, it's better to seek an act of Congress rather than trying to enact policy through regulatory authority... because such decisions can be undone by the next administration without having to go through Congress (where this probably wouldn't pass).

I wouldn't call this an example of "dictatorship" though... since that would mean that the last Administration was also such.