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March 20th, 2018 
Awake Goy In the three months since the FCC decided to repeal existing net neutrality protections, a sizable political coalition has worked to reinstate net neutrality through a variety of legal procedures. Both at the state and municipal level, open internet advocates and politicians have launched into action, ranging from lawsuits to executive orders to legislation in order to save the internet as we know it.
Check out the maps below to see if — and how — your region is fighting for net neutrality.
Net Neutrality Sparks a National Movement
The map above shows the general scope of net neutrality activism nationwide. Every red state is engaged in some effort to protect net neutrality at either the state or the municipal level. As of March 16, there are only 16 states with no relevant action at the state level or in any city.
Statewide Net Neutrality Protections
As seen in the map above, 28 different states have proposed legislation to adopt net neutrality regulations.
Only one state — Washington — has already passed a law in the state legislature protecting net neutrality statewide. Its legislation basically reinstates the Obama-era regulations repealed by the FCC, meaning that ISPs won’t be able to block content or establish fast and slow internet lanes once it goes into effect in June. Some believe that Washington’s legislation might provoke a lawsuit from the FCC, because the December repeal of net neutrality stipulated that city and state governments were prohibited from drafting their own rules. Because the FCC’s new plan isn’t set to go into effect until April 23, we might have to wait to see if the FCC pursues action against Washington.
The other states that are considering varying degrees of net neutrality legislation are:
Source Article from https://popularresistance.org/these-maps-show-all-the-cities-and-states-now-defending-net-neutrality/
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