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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