Sunday marked the two-year anniversary of net neutrality passing at the FCC. Unfortunately for advocates, the anniversary hasn’t been so sweet.

“It’s kind of tragic that we’re observing the second anniversary of its passing with all signs indicating a frontal assault is going to be launched against it,” Michael Copps, a former FCC commissioner, said in a phone call with The Verge.

Republican Ajit Pai took over as FCC chairman last month, and in the weeks since, he’s made quick work of chipping away at the agency’s net neutrality rules from a number of angles: scaling back transparency requirements, approving favored service schemes, and cutting back privacy mandates.

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