Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai is set to meet with FCC commissioners Thursday to discuss the deregulation of the internet. Pai’s plan for doing so, which involves undoing Obama-era net neutrality regulations, would allow internet providers to give preferred status to some services and charge more for others. A…
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Mashable: What to expect when you’re expecting the net neutrality debate to begin
On Thursday, the Trump FCC will vote to adopt a final “Notice of Proposed Rulemaking” (NPRM) that will officially begin the effort to repeal the 2015 network neutrality rules and the legal authority upon which they are based — Title II of the Communications Act of 1934. Title II says…
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The Hill: Pro-net neutrality group skeptical of FCC cyber attack claim
A pro-net neutrality group says the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is hiding something in regard to the cyberattacks that brought the agency's website down this week. “The public wants to know what the FCC is hiding,” said Evan Greer, campaign director of Fight for the Future. “They’ve been lying to…
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CNET: FCC chairman’s net neutrality fix: ‘Clinton-era light touch’
Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai wants a do-over of the rules governing net neutrality. But he's trying to keep an open mind about the proceedings. "I don't have any predetermined views as to where we're going to go," he said in an interview with CNET on Thursday. "That's the…
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Congressional Internet Caucus Advisory Committee: Gigi Sohn, Szoka, Morris debate Net Neutrality
If you missed Friday’s Net Neutrality debate between Sarah Morris (OTI), Matt Murchison, Gigi Sohn, and Berin Szoka (TechFreedom) you’re in luck. This is the most fascinating Net Neutrality debate since the new Administration took over. Watch the video for this in-depth point-counterpoint discussion before a Congressional audience. (more…)
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Reuters: FCC chairman wants to cut regulations, speed new innovation approvals
The head of the Federal Communications Commission, Ajit Pai, said on Friday that the agency is continuing a sweeping regulatory review, keen to adapt rules to the digital age and get rid of rules that he said are barriers to business. The review builds on the FCC's efforts in the…
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San Jose Mercury News: Wolverton: FCC chairman misleads in effort to destroy net neutrality
It’s no surprise that Ajit Pai, the new chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, wants to gut net neutrality. What is shocking is that the proposal he released last week could not only weaken the net neutrality rules, but get rid of them entirely. Pai’s proposal envisions even tearing up…
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HuffPost: Trump’s FCC Chair Wants To Gut Net Neutrality. He’s In For A Bruising Fight.
WASHINGTON ― When Ajit Pai, President Donald Trump’s pick to chair the Federal Communications Commission, announced his plan to roll back his own agency’s net neutrality rules on Wednesday, he sounded nervous. “I am confident we will finish the job,” he said, in a somewhat stilted speech at the Newseum…
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Bloomberg: FCC Chief Sparks Clash With Call to Repeal Net Neutrality
The chairman of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission proposed rolling back the Obama-era net-neutrality rule, prompting the regulation’s defenders to vow a “tsunami” of resistance. FCC Chairman Ajit Pai said he would ask the agency next month to begin considering removing the strong legal authority that underpins the rules, and…
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CNN Money: FCC chair unveils plan to roll back net neutrality
Ajit Pai, the Trump-appointed chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, laid out plans Wednesday to limit the agency's oversight of Internet service providers, potentially weakening enforcement of net neutrality. (more…)