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Politics & Government

Net Neutrality Goes Back To Court

2:11pm February 01, 2019

by Matthew S. Schwartz

It's the first major court challenge since the Trump administration rolled back Obama-era net neutrality rules. Challengers say the FCC is abandoning its responsibility to ensure an open Internet.

Calif. Gov. Jerry Brown adopts its own net neutrality law prompting the Justice Department to sue the state in an effort to block what's describe as the "toughest net neutrality law" enacted.

National

Justice Department Sues California Over Net Neutrality Law

7:26am October 01, 2018

by Dina Kesbeh

The state's new law affirming Obama-era rules that were later repealed by the Trump administration has put it on a legal collision course with the Justice Department.

An antenna tower is seen at the Orchard Plaza apartment building in Austin in 2014, the year the FCC imposed a penalty on the building's owners for operating a pirate radio station.

National

U.S. Sues Operators Of Pirate Texas Station Known As 'Alex Jones Radio'

4:59pm August 16, 2018

by Bill Chappell

The operators told the FCC they didn't recognize its right to regulate them. They were hit with a $15,000 penalty "for willful and repeated violation" of laws. Now the FCC has brought in the DOJ.

The Federal Communications Commission rollback of net neutrality went into effect today. FCC Chairman Ajit Pai championed the move, while commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel opposed it.

Net Neutrality Has Been Rolled Back — But It's Not Dead Yet

5:48pm June 11, 2018

by Laurel Wamsley

FCC Chairman Ajit Pai succeeded in repealing the 2015 rules for internet service providers. But some states have already acted to keep net neutrality alive on their turf.

FCC Chairman Ajit Pai announced Tuesday a plan to repeal Obama-era net neutrality rules.

Politics & Government

FCC's Pai: 'Heavy-Handed' Net Neutrality Rules Are Stifling The Internet

2:01pm November 22, 2017

by Laurel Wamsley

The FCC chairman says repealing net neutrality is a needed return to a "free-market-based" Internet. One opponent says Ajit Pai's plan "would end the Internet as we know it."

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FCC Votes To Begin Rollback Of Net Neutrality Regulations

1:33pm May 18, 2017

by Alina Selyukh

The vote begins a months-long process to collect — once again — public comment on how the government should regulate Internet service providers. The FCC is repealing Obama-era rules.

Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai has started the process to roll back Obama-era regulations for Internet service providers.

FCC Chief Makes Case For Tackling Net Neutrality Violations 'After The Fact'

10:36am May 05, 2017

FCC Chairman Ajit Pai is repealing Obama-era regulations for Internet providers. He tells NPR he prefers taking targeted action against actual harms, not preemptively regulating hypothetical ones.

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Ajit Pai, the senior Republican at the Federal Communications Commission, is slated to be the agency's new chairman.

Trump's Telecom Chief Is Ajit Pai, Critic Of Net Neutrality Rules

6:38pm January 23, 2017

by Alina Selyukh

A champion of limited government, Pai has indicated plans to reel back Internet and other regulations. As FCC commissioner since 2012, Pai typically was a reliable opponent of Democrats' proposals.