A federal appeals court has agreed to halt the reinstatement of net neutrality rules until August 5, while the court considers whether more permanent action is justified.

It’s the latest setback in a long back-and-forth on net neutrality — the principle that internet service providers (ISPs) should not be able to block or throttle internet traffic in a discriminatory manner. The Federal Communications Commission has sought to achieve this by reclassifying ISPs under Title II of the Communications Act, which gives the agency greater regulatory oversight.

The Democratic-led agency enacted net neutrality rules under the Obama administration, only for those rules to be repealed under Trump’s FCC. The current FCC, which has three Democratic…