New Jersey Mandates Net Neutrality for ISPs Doing Business With State

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy (D) signed an executive order Monday mandating all ISPs with state contracts from July 1 on follow net neutrality principles (see 1802020021). "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. “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.” New York and Montana implemented similar rules (see 1801310058).