California has dropped plans for a proposed “Text Tax” now that the Federal Communications Commission has decided that text messaging is an “information service” and not a telecommunications service.

The FCC made its decision as part of an effort to allow wireless carriers to get tough with spam messages, although the decision’s critics say that carriers could use their power to censor messages, The Verge reported.

As a result, the California Public Utilities Commission has scrapped plans for a vote on the tax at its January meeting, Fox News reported.

“Prior to this FCC ruling, text messaging was not a classified service under federal law,” the CPUC said on Twitter.