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From Reuters:
A group of 22 state attorneys general and the District of Columbia late Monday asked a U.S. appeals court to reinstate the Obama administration's 2015 landmark net neutrality rules and reject the Trump administration's efforts to preempt states from imposing their own rules guaranteeing an open internet.
The states, led by New York Attorney General Barbara Underwood, filed a lawsuit in January after the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted in December along party lines to reverse rules that barred internet service providers from blocking or throttling traffic or offering paid fast lanes, also known as paid prioritization.
Several internet companies filed a separate legal challenge on Monday to overturn the FCC ruling, including Mozilla Corp, Vimeo Inc, Etsy Inc, and numerous media and technology advocacy groups.
The FCC handed sweeping new powers to internet providers to recast how Americans use the internet — as long as they disclose any changes. The new rules took effect in early June but major providers have made no changes in internet access.
[...] The U.S. Senate voted in May to keep the Obama-era internet rules, but the measure is unlikely to be approved by the House of Representatives or the White House.
The state attorney generals suing represent states with 165 million people — more than half the United States population — and include California, Illinois, New Jersey, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Virginia.
(Score: 0, Redundant) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday August 21 2018, @06:31PM (2 children)
I hope it was all legitimate, but often that is a sign of party politics. Knowing the opposition will vote it in any sympathetic dems could vote no for the political points.
(Score: 4, Informative) by DeathMonkey on Tuesday August 21 2018, @07:18PM (1 child)
Alternatively, Democrats could actually be in favor of Net Neutrality. Considering they implemented it once already that seems a bit simpler of an explanation.
(Score: 4, Insightful) by digitalaudiorock on Tuesday August 21 2018, @08:29PM
Tell me about it. Every time Net Neutrality comes up, and every time it's pointed out how one-sided and partisan the divide is, someone always tries to write that off completely with the notion that it's "not what they really believe in" and that they're just "voting the party line", or even that they "just got lucky this time"...spin that should about give someone a groin pull. I mean for holy fucks sake anyway 'pubs...your side's on the wrong side here...own it.