Silicon Valley’s biggest lobbying group says it will sue the FCC over net neutrality

Silicon Valley’s biggest lobbying group says it will sue the FCC over net neutrality

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-switch/wp/2018/01/05/silicon-valleys-biggest-lobbying-group-says-its-going-to-sue-the-fcc-over-net-neutrality/

The major trade group representing Facebook, Google, Netflix and dozens of other tech firms in Washington said Friday that it plans to sue the Federal Communications Commission over its decision to deregulate the broadband industry — drawing fresh battle lines in a years-long fight over the future of the Internet.

The Internet Association said it would be joining what will likely be a multi-pronged legal attack against the FCC's rewritten rules, which the agency released Thursday night. Approved last month under FCC Chairman Ajit Pai, the new rules make it legal for Internet providers, such as AT&T and Verizon, to speed up or slow down websites at will, as well as to block them outright.