President Trump’s tech industry regulators are likely to face much more vigorous oversight under a Democratic House in the next Congress.
Democrats won control of the chamber in the Tuesday midterms and will now have more power to go after Republican Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Ajit Pai, with whom they have repeatedly clashed over his repeal of net neutrality. And they will be able to use control of panels such as the House Energy and Commerce Committee to spotlight issues like media and telecom mergers and, in particular, data privacy violations.
In addition to beefing up oversight of regulators they believe have been too lax on the tech and telecom industry, Democrats are also making it a top priority to craft internet privacy rules.
More at The Hill.