Minnesota Moves to Sue FCC as Outrage Against Net Neutrality Repeal Soars

Joining the large coalition of states and advocacy groups preparing to take legal action against the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) over its newly passed net neutrality repeal plan, Minnesota Attorney General Lori Swanson announced in an email to supporters on Tuesday that she will take part in a multistate suit against the Republican-controlled agency in an effort to “overturn” its attack on the open internet.

“Without net neutrality, mega corporations can dominate the content people see online by paying money to obtain faster speeds.”
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“Net neutrality is essential for consumers and an informed electorate,” Swanson wrote. “Without net neutrality, broadband companies are free to block content they don’t want you to see, to slow it down and make it harder to access, or to prioritize content based on who pays them money. This will make it more difficult and more expensive for consumers to access the content they want.”

Swanson went on to link corporate-backed efforts to roll back net neutrality protections to corporate mergers that are rapidly consolidating sources of news and information into the hands of a few large companies.

“This isn’t just a consumer protection issue—it’s a democracy protection issue too,” Swanson wrote.

Eliminating net neutrality, Swanson observes, would tighten major corporations’ stranglehold on information and allow them to “control what content to make prominent or to obscure, including by promoting sites they own or favor. This will influence the information to which voters and the public have access and will impact elections.”