Gigi Sohn

About

Gigi Sohn is a Distinguished Fellow at the Georgetown Law Institute for Technology Law & Policy and a Benton Senior Fellow & Public Advocate. She is the host of the "Tech on the Rocks Podcast." Gigi sits on the Board of Directors of the Electronic Frontier Foundation. Gigi is one of the nation’s leading public advocates for open, affordable and democratic communications networks. For thirty years, Gigi has worked across the country to defend and preserve the fundamental competition and innovation policies that have made broadband Internet access more ubiquitous, competitive, affordable, open and protective of user privacy. Most recently,…

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Wired: FCC CHAIR AJIT PAI’S SILENCE ON TRUMP TWEETS SPEAKS VOLUMES

PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP'S war of words with the press escalated again Wednesday when he suggested challenging, or revoking, the broadcasting licenses of stations that air network news programming. The response from the chair of the Federal Communications Commission: silence. (more…)

Posted on October 13, 2017 by Gigi Sohn

Writing

Medium: Fighting for Fast, Fair and Open Networks

February 26, 2015 was the proudest day of my professional career. On that day, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) adopted the strongest ever network neutrality rules grounded in the strongest legal authority. The rules prohibit broadband Internet Service Providers like Comcast and AT&T from blocking, throttling, or otherwise favoring or…

Posted on October 11, 2017 by Gigi Sohn

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The Center for Public Integrity: The future of the internet is up for grabs — theoretically

The Trump administration is weighing one of the most significant rulings on how the internet will operate in the future — broadly affecting both the U.S. economy and how Americans get crucial information — but the decision is already a foregone conclusion. Unlike three years ago, when Washington was abuzz…

Posted on October 3, 2017October 13, 2017 by Gigi Sohn

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CNN Tech: Trump’s FCC head gets another term after outcry

In just nine months, Ajit Pai has ignited firestorms over net neutrality, broadband privacy and media mergers. Now the Federal Communications Commission chairman is about to extend his tenure on the job. The Senate voted largely along party lines Monday to confirm Pai to another five-year term at the FCC. Pai, formerly a Republican commissioner…

Posted on October 2, 2017October 11, 2017 by Gigi Sohn

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Motherboard: The Comment Period Is Over, But the Battle for Net Neutrality Ain’t Done Yet

For nearly two decades, the federal government, public interest advocates, and corporate giants like AT&T, Verizon and Comcast, have been fighting over how best to ensure that the internet remains a free and open platform for innovation, economic growth, and civic empowerment. In 2017, it's easy for most Americans take net neutrality for granted—especially privileged…

Posted on September 30, 2017October 13, 2017 by Gigi Sohn

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CNET: FCC head, a critic of net neutrality rules, likely to be reconfirmed

It looks like Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai will get to keep his job for another five years, despite protests from Democrats. The US Senate voted 55-41 Thursday to advance his nomination. A final vote to approve the nomination is expected Monday. Republicans have enough votes to reconfirm Pai,…

Posted on September 29, 2017October 13, 2017 by Gigi Sohn

Writing

The Verge: It’s time for Congress to fire the FCC chairman

FCC chairman Ajit Pai is genuinely one of the nicest people in Washington. He’s smart, personable, and the kind of guy you’d want to have a beer with. But nice guys don’t always make good policy (I’ve been bipartisan on this), and Pai’s record means real danger for American consumers and the…

Posted on September 27, 2017 by Gigi Sohn

Media

To The Point: FCC’s plan to roll back net neutrality

The FCC's received 22 million comments on its proposal to eliminate "net neutrality" for Internet access. Now the public comment period's over, and a final decision is likely to come very soon. We hear why a regulatory issue has generated so much interest and what the potential consequences might be…

Posted on September 15, 2017 by Gigi Sohn

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Ars Technica: BIG SHOCKER — 98.5% of unique net neutrality comments oppose Ajit Pai’s anti-Title II plan

A study funded by Internet service providers has found something that Internet service providers really won't like. The overwhelming majority of people who wrote unique comments to the Federal Communications Commission want the FCC to keep its current net neutrality rules and classification of ISPs as common carriers under Title II…

Posted on September 1, 2017October 11, 2017 by Gigi Sohn

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Statement of Gigi Sohn on the August 30th Closing of the FCC’s Net Neutrality Public Comment Period

August 30th could very well mark the official beginning of the end for the Open Internet. With the closing of the public comment period for the FCC’s proceeding to repeal the 2015 Net Neutrality rules, the record is now full of tens of millions of comments, many of them demonstrably…

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