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Ajit Pai to Become New Head of the FCC

Accepted submission by takyon at 2017-01-20 21:15:49
Digital Liberty

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-01-20/trump-said-to-tap-net-neutrality-foe-ajit-pai-to-lead-fcc [bloomberg.com]

Ajit Pai, a Republican Federal Communications Commission member and foe of net neutrality regulation, will be named to head the agency, according to a person familiar with the transition.

Pai has often dissented as FCC Democrats voted for tighter regulations, including the 2015 open internet, or net neutrality, decision that forbids internet service providers from unfairly blocking or slowing web traffic. The rule opposed by AT&T Inc. and Comcast Corp. is among those likely to be reversed by president Donald Trump's FCC, according to Bloomberg Intelligence analysts.

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-fcc-internet-idUSKBN15429M [reuters.com]

http://www.politico.com/blogs/donald-trump-administration/2017/01/ajit-pai-fcc-chairman-233905 [politico.com]


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