State Net Neutrality Laws Get Green Light in Court Ruling (1)

States can enact their own laws banning internet service providers from blocking or slowing data flows, the D.C. Circuit said in a decision upholding most of the Federal Communications Commission’s repeal of Obama-era net neutrality rules.

The ruling is a victory for the attorneys general from 22 states and the District of Columbia that challenged state preemption language in the FCC’s rollback of rules governing how ISPs such as AT&T Inc. and Comcast Corp. handle data traffic. It could lead more state legislatures to advance their own net neutrality measures without as much fear of a federal counterattack, telecom analysts ...