But advocates say without the rules, it would
make it easy for internet providers to favor their
own services by making it harder for customers
to access their competitors’ websites and apps.
The law seeks to ban internet providers from
slowing down customers’ data streams based
on the content they are viewing. It also bars
providers from speeding up access to websites
willing to pay extra for special treatment.
“The ability of an internet service provider to
block, slow down or speed up content based
on a user’s ability to pay for service degrades
the very idea of a competitive marketplace and
the open transfer of information at the core of
our increasingly digital and connected world,”
California Attorney General Xavier Becerra said.