Barbara van Schewick
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Barbara van Schewick
@vanschewick.bsky.social
Law Professor, Stanford Law School (@StanfordLaw.bsky.social). Director, Stanford Center for Internet and Society (@StanfordCIS.bsky.social). Author, Internet Architecture & Innovation.

https://cyberlaw.stanford.edu/about/people/barbara-van-schewick/
Last year, a federal court upheld that law & the Supreme Court denied ISPs' petition to review the case in December. Today's decision denies ISPs' attempt to get the justices to reconsider that decision.
New York state has been enforcing the law since January: arstechnica.com/tech-policy/20
arstechnica.com
February 24, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Here's how we got here: In 2021, New York state adopted a broadband affordability law that requires ISPs to offer broadband plans to low-income consumers at low cost.
February 24, 2025 at 9:14 PM
They can create their own #netneutrality protections, like California and others do, require affordable broadband options like New York, and institute broadband privacy protections like Maine. All of these laws have been upheld in court.
February 24, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Today's decision means that when the FCC is powerless to protect consumers online (as it is after a federal court struck down the FCC's net neutrality protections in January), states can step in to protect their residents.
February 24, 2025 at 9:14 PM