New FCC chair Ajit Pai has been clear that he intends to take a “weed whacker” to net neutrality regulations, but he’s been very reluctant to open up about how exactly he’s going to go about slicing them to bits. Last week, several outlets reported that Pai is finally gearing…

The fight over internet privacy is entering a new stage. The Republican chairman of the Federal Communications Commission is moving to roll back his agency's net neutrality rules, a plan critics warn could deal another blow to online privacy protections. (more…)

Silicon Valley is pushing back against Republicans' plans to rewrite net neutrality rules. The Internet Association, a lobbying group that represents companies such as Facebook, Google, Twitter, Netflix and Microsoft, met with Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai on Tuesday. Its message was clear: Don't tear down our existing online…

An overwhelming majority of Americans of all political persuasions thought broadband privacy rules should never have been repealed. But the FCC is not only doubling down on that decision, it's setting its sights on the next target, net neutrality -- another hugely popular set of regulations -- and bolstering its…

Now that President Donald Trump and the Republican party have gutted internet privacy protections, their next order of business is to fast-track repeal of groundbreaking net neutrality rules that proponents say ensure "access to social, political, and economic empowerment for all." Read at Common Dreams

For just more than two years now we've enjoyed the sweet life, with internet providers required to abide by strong rules that prevented them from messing with our beautiful, weird, open internet. Now, those rules are reportedly on the chopping block. (more…)

It’s been clear for months that the Trump administration wants to scuttle the net neutrality reforms enacted under President Obama. And on Thursday, Federal Communications Commission chairman Ajit Pai reportedly told the telecoms how it’s going to happen. (more…)

Companies like Verizon, Comcast and AT&T can now use their customers’ data any way they want to without consent. President Donald Trump repealed the new Internet privacy rules that had required these companies to inform users about the nature of the information they are collecting. (more…)