Trump administration sues California over net neutrality law

The Justice Department on Sept. 30 filed a lawsuit against the state of California alleging that Senate Bill 822, an Internet regulation bill signed into law by Governor Jerry Brown, unlawfully imposes burdens on the federal government’s deregulatory approach to the Internet.

“The United States concluded that California, through Senate Bill 822, is attempting to subvert the Federal Government’s deregulatory approach by imposing burdensome state regulations on the free Internet, which is unlawful and anti-consumer,” according to a news release from the Justice Department.

"Within minutes of Governor Brown signing our net neutrality bill into law, Jeff Sessions came out of his cave and sued California to strike down the law," said state Sen. Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco), author of the bill, in a statement.

"Sessions and his boss Donald Trump aren't satisfied with the federal government repealing net neutrality. In their world, no one is allowed to protect an open internet," wrote Wiener.

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