--- date: '2018-09-30' title: "CA governor signs nation's strictest net neutrality law" description: 'The Justice Department immediately challenged the law, saying only the federal government can regulate broadband providers.' tags: ['politics', 'net neutrality'] --- **[Wired:](https://www.wired.com/story/california-governor-signs-nations-toughest-net-neutrality-law/)** > The nation's largest state just adopted sweeping net neutrality protections, setting up a potential legal showdown with the Federal Communications Commission over the future of the internet. California Governor Jerry Brown Sunday signed a bill banning broadband providers such as AT&T and Comcast from blocking, throttling, or otherwise discriminating against lawful content passing through their networks. Fantastic news.