Net Neutrality Repeal Threatens Public Safety, Attorneys General Warn [telecom]

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by Wendy Davis

The Federal Communications Commission ignored "substantial evidence" that revoking the net neutrality regulations would result in harm to consumers and threats to public safety, a coalition of state attorneys general and city officials argue in new court papers.

The repeal "jeopardizes residents' access to safe and reliable electricity; prevents residents from receiving timely evacuation, shelter-in-place, and disease outbreak alerts; and interferes with urgent medical services, among other things," the officials write in papers filed Friday with the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals.