Biden Administration Abandons Challenge To California Net Neutrality Law

The Department of Justice on Monday withdrew a lawsuit challenging California's net neutrality law, which largely requires broadband providers that offer service in the state to follow the Obama-era broadband regulations.

But the California law still faces a challenge from the broadband industry, which argues that states can't regulate an “inherently interstate” service like broadband.

California's SB 822, which was signed into law in October of 2018, prohibits broadband providers from blocking or throttling traffic, charging higher fees for fast-lane service, and from exempting their own video streams from consumers' data caps.