from Reuters
The U.S. Justice Department late on Sunday filed suit after California
Governor Jerry Brown signed legislation to restore open internet
protections known as net neutrality in the state after the Trump
administration repealed the rules in December 2017.
This marked the latest clash between the Trump administration and
California, which have sparred over environmental, immigration and other
hot-button issues.
U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions said on Sunday in a statement
that “states do not regulate interstate commerce — the federal
government does. Once again the California legislature has enacted an
extreme and illegal state law attempting to frustrate federal policy.”
California’s
net neutrality law is set to take effect on Jan. 1, but the Justice
Department late Sunday in a court filing sought a preliminary injunction
to block it from taking effect, warning that internet companies “cannot
realistically comply with one set of standards in this area for
California and another for the rest of the nation — especially when
internet communications frequently cross multiple jurisdictions.”...
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