Internet service providers and cellular carriers will no longer be required to meet minimum cybersecurity standards after a Federal Communications Commission vote Thursday.

The FCC voted 2-1 along party lines to reverse course on a January ruling -- adopted four days before President Donald Trump’s inauguration -- that required providers to issue an annual certification showing that they have “created, updated and implemented a cybersecurity risk management plan.”

The rules applied to a broad range of companies, including cellular carriers, internet service providers , radio stations and even television broadcasters.

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The new requirements were largely a response to the Salt Typhoon cyberattack in September last year, in which hackers linke

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