ajit pai
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Tech Companies And Activists Set Date For Net Neutrality ‘Day Of Action’
The last time the US had a major fight over net neutrality, the “Internet Slowdown Day” protests were credited with helping push the FCC to reclassify the internet as a Title II utility. Now that net neutrality is the closest it’s ever been to dead, activists and tech giants are rallying to mount a protest,…
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Can John Oliver’s Pro-Net Neutrality Commenters Compete With Bots?
Still via YouTube. In 2014, when the US Federal Communications Commission first proposed its net neutrality rules, a record-breaking 3.7 million comments were filed with the agency, the vast majority of which supported the proposal. Since Ajit Pai unleashed his “weed whacker” proposal to decimate those rules three weeks ago, the comments are pouring in…
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US Senator Has A Terrible Analogy About The Internet And Bridges He’d Like You To Hear
When it comes to the internet, Senator Ron Johnson (R-WI) is, it appears, misinformed. Real misinformed.
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Trump’s FCC Chair Praises Amazon Prime, Possibly Violating Same Ethics Rules As Kellyanne Conway
In what appears to be a violation of the federal ethics rule that prohibits a government employee from using “his public office for his own private gain, for the endorsement of any product,” Ajit Pai, the controversial new chair of the FCC, tweeted and subsequently deleted praise for Amazon’s PrimeNow service. “Needed something in pinch and…