Dismantling net neutrality rules will harm consumers, tech companies warn
Washington — On Monday, a group representing major technology firms including Alphabet and Facebook urged the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to abandon plans to reverse the landmark 2015 rules barring internet service providers from blocking or slowing consumer access to web content. In its filing with the FCC, the Internet Association said that dismantling the net neutrality rules "will create significant uncertainty in the market and upset the careful balance that has led to the current virtuous circle of innovation in the broadband ecosystem". The rollback will harm consumers, said the group, which also represents Amazon.com, Microsoft, Netflix, Twitter and Snap. In May, the FCC voted 2-1 to advance Republican FCC chairperson Ajit Pai’s plan to reverse the former Obama administration’s order reclassifying internet service providers as if they were utilities. Pai has asked if the FCC has authority or should keep its rules barring internet companies from blocking, throt...
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