California Lawmaker Trying to Pass Digital Discrimination Law

A California bill could penalize providers ‘even if they are not intentionally withholding adequate Internet from a protected group.’

California Lawmaker Trying to Pass Digital Discrimination Law
Photo of Assemblymember Mia Bonta, D-Oakland, taken from her Facebook page

WASHINGTON, July 11, 2024 – A California lawmaker wants to pass a digital discrimination law in case similar federal rules under attack in a Missouri court do not survive.

If passed, House Bill 2239, authored by Assemblymember Mia Bonta, an Oakland Democrat, would identify and penalize discrimination based on disparate impact outcomes across communities served by Internet service providers.

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