California now has the strongest net neutrality rules in the nation, after Gov. Jerry Brown signed the bill during a last-minute flurry of bill signings and vetoes Sunday. A little over an hour after the announcement, the Department of Justice sued the state.

SB 822 is meant to fill the void left by the Federal Communications Commission’s repeal of the Obama-era federal regulations that prohibited internet service providers from engaging in blocking, throttling or discriminating against online traffic.

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