New Jersey governor signs net neutrality order

thehill ^

[ChicagoConservative27]

New Jersey on Monday became the latest state to implement its own net neutrality rules following the Federal Communications Commission’s repeal of the Obama-era consumer protections.

Gov. Phil Murphy (D) signed an executive order prohibiting all internet service providers that do business with the state from blocking, throttling or favoring web content.

“We may not agree with everything we see online, but that does not give us a justifiable reason to block the free, uninterrupted, and indiscriminate flow of information,” Murphy said in a statement. “And, it certainly doesn’t give certain companies or individuals a right to pay their way to the front of the line.

“While New Jersey cannot unilaterally regulate net neutrality back into law or cement it as a state regulation, we can exercise our power as a consumer to make our preferences known,” he added.

Murphy is following the lead of his counterparts in New York and Montana, who are pushing back on the FCC order, which also expressly preempted states from implementing their own net neutrality regulations. The executive orders will likely feature heavily in an upcoming court battle challenging the rollback.

Gurbir Grewal, New Jersey’s attorney general, also announced on Monday that the state would be the 22nd to join a lawsuit against the FCC.

[Ingtar]

If that is what the bill did, then not too bad. The FCC version was 398 pages about why the government should control and tax the internet and 2 pages about nebulous guidelines without penalties.

[Makana]

““While New Jersey cannot unilaterally regulate net neutrality back into law or cement it as a state regulation, we can exercise our power as a consumer to make our preferences known”

Translation: Has the same authority as “Jersey Develis Day.” None

[ObozoMustGo2012]

So all this EO does is prevent serivce providers from throttling or blocking content? If so That this is actually something I might be able to agree with.

[Revel]

Of course it also means that People in NJ will be paying more for the internet.

[ml/nj]

I hope this doesn't mean my provider will cease to do business here.

ML/NJ

[Steve_Seattle]

The Internet grew, thrived, and prospered for 25 years without “net neutrality,” yet now it is deemed essential? Essential for what?

[Democrat_media]

Net Neutrality is socialist bs created by marxists and funded by soros . It's only democrat governors pushing this marxist bs. The Internet was the 2nd great equalizer so socialist couldn't let that be so they want to destroy it as they do capitalism freedom etc. so they created this crap to do it.

The Internet grew very well for 20 years without Obama’s and soros’ “net neutrality”

Net Neutrality was just one move in a sequence of events to completely take over the internet. A sequence that happened so slowly none of you noticed it happening at all: This lays it all out :
http://boards.4chan.org/pol/thread/152760068/the-globalist-takeover-of-the-internet

Soros funded and is behind this “net neutrality”
http://ijr.com/2015/03/270555-soros-groups-dropped-82-million-push-net-neutrality-interesting-thing-happened-placeholder/

[Incorrigible]

The new governor most have already solved our high taxes and excessive unfunded mandates.

[M Kehoe]

I don’t care how much money you have, if you’re a democrat liberal progressive socialist, please stay in NJ.

If you are a conservative, come on down.

5.56mm

[Rebelbase]

Devil in the details. Let’s hope the details aren’t.

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

Essential for what?

Not that I support NN, but it might stop Zuckerberg, Google, et al. from squashing conservative content.

[Democrat_media]

Soros funded and is behind this “net neutrality”
http://ijr.com/2015/03/270555-soros-groups-dropped-82-million-push-net-neutrality-interesting-thing-happened-placeholder/

Marxists/democrats plotted to take over the internet.Net Neutrality was just one move in a sequence of events to completely take over the internet. A sequence that happened so slowly none of you noticed it happening at all: This lays it all out :
http://boards.4chan.org/pol/thread/152760068/the-globalist-takeover-of-the-internet

[Democrat_media]

Net Neutrality is against IsP’s to help Facebook . Isp’s won’t be able to stop facebook.

[MeganC]

“Gov. Phil Murphy (D) signed an executive order prohibiting all internet service providers that do business with the state from blocking, throttling or favoring web content.”

Good luck enforcing that.

[mewzilla]

http://www.nj.gov/governor/news/news/562018/approved/20180205a_eo.shtml

Link to EO #9 at the bottom. I think folks are gonna be disappointed.

[Zathras]

I do believe this violates the Interstate Commerce Clause.

[DownInFlames]

Unconstitutional. The internet is a business portal and falls under ICC. Only congress can regulate interstate commerce.

[shanover]

Embrace the suck Joisy because you voted for this POS. It’s only going to get much much worse.

[kearnyirish2]

Jerseyans know it; at this point those of us tied to mortgages and property tax bills are simply being outvoted by takers (both the gubmint workers and the gubmint leeches). From nj.com today: “Who wants to buy a home in New Jersey?”

http://www.nj.com/data/2018/02/more_renters_fewer_homeowners_census_shows.html