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FCC Chairman Will Not Recuse Himself from Investigation into Former Client Securus Technologies

posted by martyb on Tuesday July 31 2018, @11:55AM   Printer-friendly
from the just-publish-FCC-members'-real-time-location-data dept.

An Anonymous Coward writes:

Gizmodo reports:

In a letter this May, Senator Ron Wyden called on FCC Chairman Ajit Pai to recuse himself from an ongoing FCC investigation into companies gathering real-time location data on cellphones users. As an attorney six years ago, Pai represented one of the firms now central to the investigation.

The firm, Securus, a major provider of inmate call services to jails, is known to have provided location data on mobile customers to law enforcement officials without a court order. But despite his past work for Securus, Pai says he will not recuse himself.

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  • (Score: 2, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday July 31 2018, @02:21PM (4 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday July 31 2018, @02:21PM (#715188)

    You did not answer the question. Your bias is clear, and you also have every right to express your opinion.

    But please accept that in courteous company it is considered impolite - bordering on rude - to simply blurt out your own opinion while the other people are talking about a completely different question.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday July 31 2018, @03:03PM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday July 31 2018, @03:03PM (#715206)

    You did not answer the question. Your bias is clear, and you also have every right to express your opinion.

    I did answer the question, after removing your clear bias.

    But please accept that in courteous company it is considered impolite - bordering on rude - to simply blurt out your own opinion while the other people are talking about a completely different question.

    You must be new here?

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday July 31 2018, @05:11PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday July 31 2018, @05:11PM (#715287)

      I did answer the question

      You most certainly did not!

      Oh I'm sorry, is this a five minute argument, or the full half hour?

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday July 31 2018, @09:13PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday July 31 2018, @09:13PM (#715402)

      No you were clearly biased yourself. Its called being a hypocrite.

  • (Score: 1) by khallow on Tuesday July 31 2018, @06:59PM

    by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday July 31 2018, @06:59PM (#715338) Journal

    But please accept that in courteous company

    The company is not courteous and hence, the observation is irrelevant. Let us recall the original question was obnoxious, a leading question, and flamebait. So what is the norm for responding to such and why wasn't Mr. AC far within those bounds of etiquette?