The move could signal an imminent return of net neutrality rules in the US
A lawsuit filed during the Trump administration: The US Department of Justice (DOJ) has withdrawn a lawsuit which was trying to overturn California’s net neutrality law of 2018. The DOJ moved the lawsuit under the Trump administration in September 2018, arguing that the law amounted to regulating interstate commerce – something that is under the jurisdiction of the federal government, not of individual states.
Despite the FCC order, states are allowed to pass their own laws: The Restoring Internet Freedom order adopted by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in 2017 intended to prevent individual states from legislating on the matter. However, the Court of Appeals ruled in October 2019 that individual states can enforce their own net neutrality rules.
Could net neutrality be on its way back soon? In a statement, the Acting Chairwoman of the FCC noted that the decision of the DOJ is charting a course to make net neutrality the “law of the land” again. While Biden said little about this in his presidential campaign, the Democratic Party has been strongly in favour of net neutrality, which is understood to be very popular among American voters.
Source: https://www.fcc.gov/document/rosenworcel-statement-doj-withdrawal-net-neutrality-lawsuit
