NEW YORK–New York Attorney General Barbara D. Underwood this week led a new brief in her lawsuit to block the Federal Communications Commission’s rollback of net neutrality, urging the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit to vacate and reverse the FCC’s order.
Underwood leads a coalition of 23 attorneys general in the lawsuit, which was filed earlier this year.
“A free and open Internet is critical to New York – and to our democracy. By repealing net neutrality, the FCC is allowing internet service providers to put their profits before consumers while controlling what we see, do, and say online,” said Underwood in a statement. “As we detail in our brief filed today, the rollback of net neutrality will have a devastating impact on millions of New Yorkers and Americans across the country, putting them at risk of abusive practices while undermining state and local regulation of the broadband industry. We’ll continue to fight to protect consumers’ right to a free and open internet.”
The attorneys general partnered with other government petitioners – the County of Santa Clara, Santa Clara County Central Fire Protection District, and the California Public Utilities Commission – in the brief.
The coalition of 23 attorneys general collectively represents over 165 million people – approximately 50% of the U.S. population – and includes the attorneys general of New York, California, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Mississippi, New Mexico, New Jersey, North Carolina, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, and the District of Columbia.