Democratic Senators Chide AT&T for Favoring HBO Max Over Rivals

AT&T Inc. is violating net neutrality principles by allowing its wireless customers to watch content through its HBO Max streaming service without incurring data charges, three Democratic senators said.

AT&T has a “policy of favoring a specific streaming service in a manner that appears to runs contrary to your stated support for a free and open internet,” Democratic Sens. Edward J. Markey (Mass.), Ron Wyden (Ore.), and Richard Blumenthal (Conn.), said in a letter to CEO Randall Stephenson.

The senators cited a June 2 article by technology news publication The Verge, which reported that AT&T exempts use of HBO Max ...