Tech firms and Internet providers clash over US net neutrality rules

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WASHINGTON: Tech companies clashed with Internet service providers over whether a landmark 2015 net neutrality order barring the blocking or slowing of web content should be scrapped by the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC).

A group representing major technology firms including Alphabet Inc and Facebook Inc urged the FCC to abandon plans to rescind the rules barring Internet service providers from hindering consumer access to web content or offering paid “fast lanes.”