22 states and the District of Columbia ask U.S. appeals court to bring back net neutrality

The attorneys general of 22 states and the District of Columbia have asked a U.S. appeals court to reverse the FCC and bring back net neutrality. The Obama-era rules prevented ISPs and wireless carriers from favoring certain streams of data over other streams. Additionally, under net neutrality, carriers could not block or throttle the dissemination of content simply because it did not agree with the tone of that content.

After President Donald Trump took office, the makeup of the FCC shifted so that the 3-2 party line vote in favor of net neutrality that took place ...

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