BREAKING: FCC Overturns Net Neutrality
Chair Ajit Pai
After a slight scare when Federal Communications Commission (FCC)  Chair Ajit Pai  received a note to evacuate in the middle of  his  closing argument in favor of overturning net neutrality rules implemented by the Obama administration in 2015  the commission voted to end those rules Thursday.
 Pai  spent the majority of  his  closing argument reiterating  his  position on why the Orwellian-named net neutrality rules â which essentially implemented federal oversight of the internet under Title II regulations created in the 1930s to manage the Ma Bell telephone monopoly â had been an Obama administration mistake.
Prior to 2015 when net neutrality was implemented  the internet was regulated under what  Pai  is fond of calling a âlight-touch frameworkâ; simply put  the federal government had less regulatory oversight which allowed internet service providers and tech companies the ability to invest and innovate. Thatâs why the internet is as robust and efficient as it is.
 Pai  said the net neutrality rules were âexpress ordersâ from the Obama White House to the FCC  and led to less innovation and investment in the internet framework for the last two years  citing several specific examples. The environment that allowed the internet to thrive before the Obama-era rules âwasnât heavy-handedâ¦regulation â  Pai  said  which led to the $1.5 trillion investment in internet services and networks that gave America unfettered access.
 He  also noted  in contradiction to dissenting Democrat commissioners Jessica Rosenworcel and Mignon Clyburn (who delivered a nearly 20 minute âeulogyâ to net neutrality)  that people who complain about the internet donât complain about Internet Service Providers (ISPs) potentially blocking or throttling content  or that they might discriminate against Internet traffic of their competitors. Instead they complain that thereâs not enough choice regarding ISPs and that they might have no access at.
 Pai  noted that a lighter touch regulatory environment  where ISPs are free to start up and innovate  would address both of those problem.
In short   Pai  said the decision to overturn net neutrality âis not going to destroy the internetâ¦is not going to kill democracy  [and] is not going to stifle free expression online.â
After a slight scare when  [TGT] received a note to evacuate in the middle of   [TGT]   closing argument in favor of overturning net neutrality rules implemented by the Obama administration in 2015   [TGT]  voted to end those rules Thursday.
 Pai  spent the majority of  his  closing argument reiterating  his  position on why the Orwellian-named net neutrality rules â which essentially implemented federal oversight of the internet under Title II regulations created in the 1930s to manage the Ma Bell telephone monopoly â had been an Obama administration mistake.
Prior to 2015 when net neutrality was implemented  the internet was regulated under what  Pai  is fond of calling a âlight-touch frameworkâ; simply put  the federal government had less regulatory oversight which allowed internet service providers and tech companies the ability to invest and innovate. Thatâs why the internet is as robust and efficient as it is.
 Pai  said the net neutrality rules were âexpress ordersâ from the Obama White House to the FCC  and led to less innovation and investment in the internet framework for the last two years  citing several specific examples. The environment that allowed the internet to thrive before the Obama-era rules âwasnât heavy-handedâ¦regulation â  Pai  said  which led to the $1.5 trillion investment in internet services and networks that gave America unfettered access.
 He  also noted  in contradiction to dissenting Democrat commissioners Jessica Rosenworcel and Mignon Clyburn (who delivered a nearly 20 minute âeulogyâ to net neutrality)  that people who complain about the internet donât complain about Internet Service Providers (ISPs) potentially blocking or throttling content  or that they might discriminate against Internet traffic of their competitors. Instead they complain that thereâs not enough choice regarding ISPs and that they might have no access at.
 Pai  noted that a lighter touch regulatory environment  where ISPs are free to start up and innovate  would address both of those problem.
In short   Pai  said the decision to overturn net neutrality âis not going to destroy the internetâ¦is not going to kill democracy  [and] is not going to stifle free expression online.â