Twelve lawsuits filed against the FCC over its Net Neutrality repeal have been consolidated into one suit that will be heard at a federal appeals court in California.

Mayors of New York City, Austin and Portland, Oregon, announced a new commitment to work only with vendors that honor Net Neutrality principles.

Baltimore-area business executives with intimate ties to the Sinclair Broadcast Group have stepped in to help Sinclair win approval to buy two-dozen Tribune TV stations.

Republicans in Congress have introduced a bill that masquerades as a federal fix to the Trump administration's attack on Net Neutrality.

Sen. John Kennedy introduced a companion to a bill proposed Rep. Marsha Blackburn that falls short in providing a set of robust rules of the road for the internet.

Foursquare, Etsy, Expa, Shutterstock, Kickstarter and Automattic, which owns WordPress.com, said they would challenge the FCC's new order overturning Net Neutrality protections in court. Under a nonprofit called the Coalition for Internet Openness, the companies said they filed a petition with the Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit today requesting the court review the FCC's decision.

In a petition filed in the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals, Etsy and five other companies contend that the FCC lacked a good reason for the Net Neutrality repeal. The new petition against the FCC joins similar complaints filed by 23 attorneys general, advocacy group Free Press and tech companies Mozilla and Vimeo.

Sinclair Broadcast Group has stirred new outrage among critics of the broadcast-TV giant with its effort to sell TV stations in New York and Chicago to secure federal approval for its $3.9-billion acquisition of Tribune Media.

Lawmakers on Capitol Hill are fighting for equal internet access: They want to reinstate Net Neutrality, which was repealed by the FCC last year.

The 1990s’ deregulation of media illustrates the effectiveness of the anti-democracy movement in selling an anti-government approach.