[Infowarrior] - New FCC Chair Tells MWC Net Neutrality Rules Were a 'Mistake'

[Richard Forno]

New FCC Chair Tells MWC Net Neutrality Rules Were a 'Mistake'
Posted February 28, 2017
              

By Shirley Siluk. Updated February 28, 2017 9:22AM 

Calling the Open Internet Order adopted by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) two years ago a "mistake," new FCC chairman Ajit Pai today told attendees at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona that the agency intends to return to a "light-touch approach" to regulations. MWC 2017, running this week from Feb. 27-March 2, is the mobile industry's largest annual conference and expo.
Supporters of the FCC's 2015 order say such comments are a sign that Net neutrality is under attack. They are vowing to fight efforts to roll back the order, which established "clear, bright-line rules" against blocking, throttling and paid prioritization of content delivery by Internet service providers.

Pai, who was appointed by President Donald Trump to succeed outgoing FCC chairman Tom Wheeler, has been vocal in his opposition to the Net neutrality order. After it was adopted, Pai called the order a "heavy-handed solution that won't work for a problem that doesn't exist." Since taking the reins at the FCC, Pai has already led a number of reversals on measures adopted under Wheeler, including a stop to the investigations into "zero-rating" offerings and a stay on new broadband privacy rules that were approved in October.

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