Trump's New FCC Chief Is Ajit Pai, and He Wants to Destroy Net Neutrality

January 24, 2017

Jacob Kastrenakes, The Verge

Donald Trump has elevated Ajit Pai to chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, giving control over the agency to a reliable conservative who’s been opposed to pretty much every big action the commission has taken in recent years, from establishing Net Neutrality to protecting consumer privacy to restricting major cable mergers.

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