The debate over net neutrality has been a lengthy and drawn-out one. The crux of the issue is how to interpret pre-Internet communications law to the digital age.
Furthermore, tech companies, like Google and Facebook, have been rallying against the repeal of the regulations. Ultimately, repeal gives ISPs control over how their customers access third party content like that of Facebook.
Various tech companies have therefore lobbied in Washington under the Internet Association group. Its CEO, Michael Beckerman, blasted the FCC’s decision. “Today’s vote represents a departure from more than a decade of broad, bipartisan consensus on the rules governing the internet,” he said. “Relying on [internet service providers] to live up to their own ‘promises’ is not net neutrality and is bad for consumers,” Beckerman added.
Shortly after the vote, numerous state attorneys general vowed to sue the FCC in hopes of overturning its vote. They include Washington and New York.
