Variety: FCC Chairman Calls for Repeal of Regulatory Underpinning of Net Neutrality Rules

FCC Chairman Ajit Pai unveiled his approach forward on net neutrality, as he called for the repeal of a regulatory framework that allowed his predecessor to establish robust rules of the road for the internet.

In a speech at the Newseum on Wednesday, Pai took aim at the classification of Internet service as a common carrier, a regulatory designation known as “Title II” that is akin to that classification given to utilities. The FCC in 2015 classified the Internet that way, and Pai was one of its chief critics.More at Variety