Posted on 10/26/2018 1:50:50 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
California agreed Friday not to enforce its new net neutrality rules - the toughest state-level internet protections in the nation - while court deliberations continue over the federal governments underlying rollback of net neutrality.
The Department of Justice and internet service provider trade associations, which sued the state for enacting a law that sets different ground rules for internet protections in California, have also agreed to put that lawsuit on hold until 2019.
Gov. Jerry Brown last month signed a bill that in effect restored net neutrality rules put in place in 2015 under the Obama administration and overturned by an order of the Federal Communications Commissions in December.
Within minutes of Brown signing SB822, the Justice Department sued to undo it, arguing that states do not regulate interstate commerce, rather, the federal government does. Once again the California legislature has enacted an extreme and illegal state law attempting to frustrate federal policy, Attorney General Jeff Sessions said in a statement announcing the suit.
(Excerpt) Read more at sfgate.com ...
There remains a certain core group of tech fanatics still upset about Net Neutrality, but most everyone else has moved on.
“...toughest internet protections...”
Protections for who from what?
One always knows that general statements such as this can come only from prejudiced writers.
(And, in this case, dumb ones.)
They need to rename Net-Neutrality “Actions to Control Conservative Thought” then the socialists can get behind it.
First I was in favor of Net Neutrality. Then I was against it. Now I’m neutral.
I think they should rename it pumpkin pie.
Then it would be delicious, especially with whipped cream on top.
Perfect! I barely understood it, even after reading numerous explanations, so I decided ‘whatever’. If it’s going to be implemented, I don’t care enough to dedicate my life to stopping it.
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