https://www.siliconvalley.com/2021/03/09/7886243-net-neutrality-technology-silicon-valley-internet/

On Feb. 23, a federal district court stymied a challenge by internet service providers to California’s law requiring that ISPs follow net neutrality rules, allowing the state to enforce these rules while the lawsuit drags on. Now the court should dismiss the lawsuit altogether.

California’s net neutrality rules prohibit ISPs from blocking or discriminating against internet-based services. Freedom of expression, freedom to innovate and competition all factor into the net neutrality debate. But ISPs argue that states have no place in this debate because the internet is an interstate communications network that transcends geographic boundaries. Any rules, they argue, must be set by federal — not state — authorities. And some net neutrality advocates might agree, sensing favorable winds now that the Biden administration oversees federal broadband regulation. We don’t. California should win for three reasons.