'Eat shit, AT&T!' said evan_greer, director of digital rights group fightfortheftr.
Friday that"lawyers representing ISPs had made meritless claims that the Trump FCC's decision preempted state laws in this field, preventing states from stepping in to protect internet users exposed by the 2017 federal repeal."
"The court rightly found that when a federal agency determines that it has no authority over a service, it necessarily also loses the ability to preempt state laws on that topic," said Bergmayer.the judges for dismissing"a bevy of pointless phone-and cable-company arguments that have now been rejected by courts on both coasts."
"Industry lobbyists and other net neutrality opponents have argued, loudly but cynically, that the repeal of the FCC's rules had no impact," he continued."But the passage of this strong state law meant ISPs still had to respect open internet principles even before this latest victory, because they knew their stall tactics in the Ninth Circuit were likely to fail, as they now have twice.
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