Net neutrality debate: Lawsuits filed against repeal by US agency

Democrats have rallied to fight the FCC's repeal of net neutrality, which was passed in a 3-to-2 party line vote in December

The legal fight against the Federal Communications Commission’s recent repeal of so-called net neutrality regulations began on Tuesday, with a flurry of lawsuits filed to block the agency’s action.

One suit, filed by 21 state attorneys general, said the agency’s actions broke federal law. The commission’s rollback of net neutrality rules were “arbitrary and capricious,” the attorneys general said, and a reversal of the agency’s longstanding policy to prevent internet service providers from blocking or charging websites for faster delivery of content to consumers. Mozilla said the new FCC rules would harm internet entrepreneurs who could be forced to pay fees