Chamber of Commerce Sues FCC Over Digital Discrimination Rules

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the Texas Association of Business and the Longview (Texas) Chamber of Commerce sued the FCC in the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals over the agency's rules defining "digital discrimination of access." The rules were adopted by a 3-2 vote during a November agency meeting. "The Order purports to implement" part of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act "by adopting a definition of 'digital discrimination of access' to broadband internet service that encompasses '[p]olicies or practices, not justified by genuine issues of technical or economic feasibility,' that result in disparate treatment or disparate impact," the groups said in the filing. The suit, filed Friday, was posted Monday.