Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai announced his long-awaited proposal to undo net neutrality Wednesday, officially restarting one of the most vicious and high-profile political fights of the Obama era. (more…)
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Motherboard: Trump’s FCC Chief Ajit Pai Just Launched His Attack Against Net Neutrality
President Trump's top telecom regulator, Republican Ajit Pai, on Wednesday announced his intention to dismantle US rules protecting net neutrality, prompting howls of protest from open internet advocates who vowed to mobilize a grassroots movement to fight Pai's plan. (more…)
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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…
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Axios: Repealing net neutrality hurts innovators, consumers
There was little new in yesterday's speech by FCC Chairman Ajit Pai announcing his plan to undo the 2015 network neutrality rules, which prohibit cable and Internet companies like AT&T and Comcast from favoring or discriminating against online content and services. Pai spouted the usual ISP-funded investment statistics (accurate numbers…
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Mashable: Consumers and innovators will lose if we kill net neutrality
Today FCC Chairman Ajit Pai will unveil his plan to undo the 2015 network neutrality rules, which prohibit Internet Service Providers (ISPs) like Comcast, AT&T and Charter from favoring or discriminating against any online applications, content and services. And while Pai claims he wants to preserve an open Internet, nobody…
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Gizmodo: The Republican Plan to Kill the Open Internet
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…
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The Hill: Internet privacy fight enters new phase
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…)
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CNET: Internet Giants Roar Back Against Net Neutrality Teardown
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…
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The Verge: The FCC’s plan to kill net neutrality will also kill internet privacy
After Congress repealed the FCC’s broadband privacy rules two weeks ago, new FCC chairman Ajit Pai promised the American people that he would ensure that the personal information they give to their ISPs would continue to be protected. Pai said that he planned to work with the Federal Trade Commission…
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The Verge: You have just hours to stop Congress from giving away your web browsing history
On a party-line vote, the Senate voted to repeal the Federal Communications Commission’s 2016 broadband privacy rules giving consumers the power to choose how their ISPs use and share their personal data. Read here