The Internet Association finds firm legal footing for reclassifying Web

The Internet Association, a trade group representing major technology companies, said the Federal Communications Commission would be on firm legal footing if it reclassified the Internet as a public utility.

The Internet Association said changes in how the Internet is viewed and a court decision in 2014 striking down previous open Internet rules give the FCC justification to make the change, which would allow the FCC to enforce stricter regulation. The group said the FCC should avoid enforcing all but a handful of sections of the authority that comes with reclassifying broadband as a telecommunications service under Title II of the Telecommunications Act.