As Trump's FCC boss looks to kill today's net neutrality laws, Silicon Valley companies are starting to push back

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Federal Communications Commission chairman Ajit Pai.

A group representing Google, Facebook, Netflix, and close to 40 other large internet companies met with Federal Communications Chairman Ajit Pai on Tuesday to express its support for the agency's current net-neutrality rules, which Pai is reportedly planning to undo in the coming months.

In a filing sent to the FCC on Tuesday, the Internet Association said its leading officials told Pai and other agency representatives that the 2015 Open Internet Order "should be enforced and kept intact."

The 2015 Order is what set the current net-neutrality laws. It was adopted in a party-line vote by the Democrat-led FCC in 2015, and prevents internet service providers like Comcast, Verizon, and AT&T from blocking, throttling, or prioritizing lawful internet traffic within their networks for financial gain.

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In other words, your internet provider cannot slow down a Netflix, YouTube, or any other service and give other websites and apps preferential treatment, nor can it charge internet companies for faster access.

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