Read FCC chairman Ajit Pai’s statement on killing net neutrality
December 14, 2017 | Uncategorized
When Ajit Pai was named FCC chairman earlier this year, shortly into the start of the Trump administration, he quickly made it a goal to reverse the net neutrality rules passed in 2015. Today, he got his wish, and he explained why he felt it was appropriate in a speech ahead of the vote.
In his comments, Pai reiterates a number of his regular talking points, saying once again that “the internet wasn’t broken in 2015. We weren’t living in a digital dystopia” and that “there was no problem to solve,” ignoring that internet providers had in fact blocked content at various points in recent years.
The speech went on to make a specious comparison between regulating internet providers and regulating websites, like Facebook, saying it was unfair…
