Net Neutrality! (Just in California)

How do we ensure that broadband service providers enable access to all lawful content and applications regardless of the source, and without favoring or blocking particular products or websites? This now-decades-long debate added a new chapter this week when Judge John Mendez of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California denied a request by broadband provider lobbyists, including the American Cable Association, CTIA-The Wireless Association, NCTA-The Internet & Television Association, and USTelecom, to delay net neutrality rules adopted in California. The ruling clears the way for California to enforce broadband consumer protections similar to those adopted by the Federal Communications Commission in 2015, but subsequently repealed in 2018.