Entered an online contest lately? Congrats! You could have unwittingly supported the repeal of net neutrality.
In 2017, the Trump-era Federal Communications Commission (FCC) solicited public comments over whether it should repeal the Obama-era rule that established net neutrality (which it did in 2018). Net neutrality is the concept that internet providers have to treat all website traffic equally, and can t create fast lanes or slow lanes for different companies and customers.Â
New information in a report from the New York Office of the Attorney General (OAG) has revealed how people on both sides of the issue manipulated the digital comment submission process.
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California Can Enforce Net Neutrality Law After Court Victory
California’s net neutrality law bars internet service providers from prioritizing, blocking, slowing down, or speeding up internet content. California’s law was created after the Trump-era Federal Communications Commission rolled back the federal net neutrality regulation in 2017. The Justice Department sued to overturn the California law, and several trade associations followed with a request for a preliminary injunction to stop the California law pending the outcome of the lawsuit. Judge John Mendez of the US District Court for the Eastern District of California recently gave California a green light to move forward with the net neutrality law after denying a motion for a preliminary injunction to stop the law from going into effect. California Attorney General Xavier Becerra called the ruling a “critical net neutrality win.”
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WASHINGTON A federal judge on Tuesday cleared the way for California to enforce its net neutrality law, denying a request by telecommunications providers to delay state rules meant to ensure equal access to internet content.
Judge John Mendez of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California denied a motion for preliminary injunction brought by the group of internet service providers that had sued to stop the 2018 state law from going into effect.
Net neutrality is the notion that all internet content should be accessible to consumers and that broadband providers cannot block or degrade content, particularly sites and services that compete against their own services.