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FCC Chairman Ajit Pai will step down on January 20
Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai will step down from his post on January 20, the day President-elect Joe Biden is inaugurated, he announced Monday.
The announcement means that the FCC could reach a Democratic majority sooner than it would otherwise be able to. Pai's term was slated to expire in June 2021, though Biden will be able to choose a Democrat to chair the commission once in office. Commissioners must be confirmed by the Senate.
[...] Pai's decision to step down could have significant implications on net neutrality, an issue that helped define his term as chairman. In 2017, Pai voted with his fellow Republican commissioners to remove rules that prohibited internet providers from from blocking or slowing traffic to particular sites and offering higher speed "lanes" at higher prices. Many major internet providers have not yet taken advantage of that rule change, however.
Also at 9to5Mac.
(Score: 5, Insightful) by PinkyGigglebrain on Tuesday December 01 2020, @12:42AM (5 children)
$GIANT_MEDIA_MONOPOLY announced today that they have brought former FCC Chairman Ajit Pai onto it's board of directors in an advisory capacity that will pay him a HUGE salary and benefits without requiring him to actually do anything. The press release was also quick to point out that Mr.Pai's posting had ABSOLUTELY NOTHING to do with how much Pai helped push the company's agenda while he was with the FCC.
"Beware those who would deny you Knowledge, For in their hearts they dream themselves your Master."
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday December 01 2020, @01:05AM
Will be a hollow shell of a human for $$$?
(Score: 5, Insightful) by Immerman on Tuesday December 01 2020, @01:05AM
That is how modern political corruption tends to work,yes.
Terribly disappointing from anyone who honors justice - but until we start demanding that our leaders be held accountable it almost certainly won't change. And right now we can't even manage to demand that our leaders enact legislation with 80+% popular support, so I'm not holding my breath.
Still, it's always nice to see those who are especially corrupt leave office to make room for less corrupt officials that won't sell us out as badly. Baby steps.
(Score: 2) by Rosco P. Coltrane on Tuesday December 01 2020, @01:57AM
Let's not forget the bit where Ajit Pai gets rehired as White House press secretary or national security advisor or whatever in the next republican administration for service rendered in $GIANT_MEDIA_MONOPOLY.
(Score: 2) by PiMuNu on Tuesday December 01 2020, @09:36AM (1 child)
The jargon you are looking for is "non-executive director"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-executive_director [wikipedia.org]
(Score: 2) by PinkyGigglebrain on Tuesday December 01 2020, @07:49PM
Noted. Thanks for the tip :)
"Beware those who would deny you Knowledge, For in their hearts they dream themselves your Master."