Government
Feb. 7, 2018
California takes steps toward net neutrality replacement
Some attorneys are concerned the state Legislature is taking too direct an approach to combat abuse by internet service providers.
Ernesto Falcon, the Electronic Frontier Foundation's legislative counsel, said a proposed law allowing the state to more directly regulate internet service providers could risk lawsuits and federal action.
As states scramble to implement alternatives to recently repealed federal net neutrality laws, attorneys say the path chosen by legislators could put California at the forefront of a potential legal battle with the Federal Communications Commission.
The commission voted 2-1 in December to dismantle a series of regulations — known as “net neutrality” — that prohibited internet service providers from certain actions that could negative...
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