OTI Hails Court Victory for Net Neutrality in California

On Tuesday night, a federal judge in the Eastern District of California rejected an industry-led lawsuit to block California’s 2018 net neutrality law. Earlier this month, the Biden Administration withdrew from a related case, U.S. v. California, at the urging of OTI and members of Congress led by Rep. Anna Eshoo (D-Calif.). OTI also filed an amicus brief in the case.

The following statement can be attributed to Joshua Stager, senior counsel at New America’s Open Technology Institute:

“This is a long-overdue victory for the open internet and California’s right to protect consumers online. Sacramento legislators passed a net neutrality law in 2018 to ensure that Californians get the internet service they paid for without unreasonable interference from their provider. We look forward to this law finally taking effect to help the millions of Californians who need the open internet to get through ongoing public health, economic, and climate crises. It’s time for the federal government to restore net neutrality for all Americans.”