Big Tech to Join Legal Fight Against Net Neutrality Repeal

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The repeal of net neutrality rules, led by FCC chairman Ajit Pai, attracted strong opposition.

An industry group that represents the country’s biggest technology companies said on Friday that it planned to join a looming legal fight against the Federal Communications Commission over its repeal of so-called net neutrality rules, Cecilia Kang reports on nytimes.com.

In its announcement, the group, the Internet Association, made clear for the first time that Facebook, Google, Netflix and other large tech firms would put their reputations and financial clout behind the challenge, Kang wrote

Lawsuits seeking to block the commission’s new policy, which was approved in December, are expected in the weeks ahead, once the rules take effect. The rules will let internet service providers block online content, or charge websites for faster delivery to consumers, by rolling back the protections against such actions that were adopted in 2015, she added.

For more, including Congressional and other pushback efforts against the FCC's net neutrality repeal:  https://mobile.nytimes.com/2018/01/05/technology/net-neutrality-lawsuit.html?smid=fb-nytimes&smtyp=cur&referer=http://m.facebook.com

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