Verizon asks court to halt FCC Net neutrality rule (Reuters)

(Reuters) ? Verizon Communications Inc on Friday asked a federal appeals court to block the Federal Communications Commission from imposing new rules on how Internet service providers manage their networks.

The FCC last Friday said its so-called Net neutrality rules were scheduled to take effect on November 20, prompting threats of challenges from Congress and in the courts.

Its rules forbid broadband providers from blocking legal content, but leave flexibility for providers to manage their networks. Critics have called the rules an unwarranted government intrusion into regulating the Internet, including what kinds of content consumers may access and which companies may provide that content.

Verizon, which is based in New York, filed its challenge with the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Washington, D.C.

(Reporting by Jonathan Stempel in New York, editing by Matthew Lewis)

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