Net neutrality rules took away your Internet freedom, FCC chair claims

Net neutrality rules took away your Internet freedom, FCC chair claims

Did you feel a sudden loss of Internet freedom in February 2015? That’s when the Federal Communications Commission imposed net neutrality rules that prevent Internet service providers from discriminating against websites and other online services. And that’s when Americans lost their Internet freedom—according to the current FCC chairman, Ajit Pai.

Pai, a Republican and former Verizon lawyer, opposed the net neutrality rules when Democrats held the commission’s majority, and he quickly got to work dismantling the rules after being appointed chair by President Donald Trump. To convince the public that the FCC should eliminate rules it passed two years ago, Pai’s office yesterday issued a press release titled, “Restoring Internet freedom for all Americans.”

The press release says the plan to eliminate Obama-era Internet regulations “will benefit all Americans” by “boost[ing] competition and choice in the broadband marketplace” and “will restore Internet Freedom by ending government micromanagement and returning to the bipartisan regulatory framework that worked well for decades.”

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