Major tech firms urge US to retain net neutrality rules
They say dismantling the regulations creates significant uncertainty in the market and harms consumers
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A GROUP representing major technology firms including Alphabet Inc and Facebook Inc urged the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on Monday to abandon plans to reverse the landmark 2015 rules barring Internet service providers from blocking or slowing consumer access to web content.
The Internet Association said in its filing with the FCC 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 Inc, Microsoft Inc, Netflix Inc, Twitter Inc and Snap Inc.
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