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Net Neutrality Repeal Could Crush Small Businesses, Companies Say

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"Many observers expect the FCC to vote along party lines in favor of the repeal. But Stanford Law School's Barbara van Schewick, a net neutrality proponent, suggested Sunday that Congress could pressure the agency to retreat.

Congressional pressure has stopped the FCC before," she wrote in a post on Medium. She adds that last year, the FCC decided not to move forward with a proposal that would have enabled consumers to replace expensive set-top boxes with free apps."