Tech newsletter: Biden faces pressure for FCC pick, states + net neutrality
Here is a look at tech and politics news from the last week. Mar 16, 2021, 11:23 am
Welcome to the Tuesday edition of Internet Insider
, where we dissect the tech and politics unfolding online. Today:
A major net neutrality domino toppled in California will other states follow?
A Silicon Valley surveillance startup was hacked its cameras are everywhere
Biden pressured to pick FCC commissioner who doesn’t have telecom ties
Last month, a federal judge handed
major win” when he decided to rule against internet service providers who wanted to block California’s “gold standard” net neutrality law.
California can enforce its ‘gold standard’ net neutrality law
A federal judge denied a request by groups representing internet service providers (ISPs) to issue a preliminary injunction against California’s
Lawyers for both California and the trade groups went back-and-forth before Judge John A. Mendez last week, arguing both for and against the state’s law, which has been
hailed as the “gold standard” for states to follow because it goes further than the FCC’s 2015 Open Internet Order, which established net neutrality rules.
While the Department of Justice (DOJ)
California can move forward with its law
On Thursday, Mendez ruled that the telecom industry was unlikely to prevail on the merits of its preemption arguments, and, because of that, he didn’t need to make a “detailed finding” on the question of irreparable harm.