DOJ sues California over net neutrality law

By Associated Press

Published October 1, 2018 1:49am ET

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DOJ sues California over net neutrality law — Sammi LeMaster, left, and Katherine Fuchs, right, carry the top of an alarm clock display that reads "Net Neutrality" down 12th Street SW to their truck after a protest at the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 14, 2017, where the FCC is scheduled to meet and vote on net neutrality. The vote scheduled today, Thursday, Dec. 14, 2017, at the FCC could usher in big changes in how Americans use the internet, a radical departure from more than a decade of federal oversight. | Carolyn Kaster/Associated Press

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California Gov. Jerry Brown signed the nation’s toughest net neutrality measure Sunday, requiring Internet providers to maintain a level playing field online. The move prompted an immediate lawsuit by the Trump administration.

Advocates of net neutrality hope the new law in the home of the global technology industry will have national implications by pushing Congress to enact national net neutrality rules or encouraging other states to follow suit.

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