The Federal Communications Commission’s ruling on net neutrality that bans online traffic discrimination is now being challenged by lawsuits from telecom firms and an internet provider.
Less than a month after the FCC agreed to adopt net neutrality protections during a historic 3-2 vote, attorneys for USTelecom and Alamo Broadband filed separate petitions on Monday this week asking federal judges to review the ruling.
The suits — filed in the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit and the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, respectively — allege that that the decision reached by the FCC during the February 26 vote violates administrative law and infringes on the plaintiffs’ constitutional rights.
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