The annotated version of FCC Chairman Ajit Pai’s WSJ op-ed on net neutrality

The U.S. government is about to take its biggest step yet in handing control of the internet to giant corporations. 

The Federal Communications Commission will release its plan on Wednesday to gut net neutrality rules put in place during the Barack Obama administration—a move cheered by nobody outside of major telecom companies and their trade groups.

FCC Chairman Ajit Pai made it official on Tuesday, announcing in a Wall Street Journal op-ed that this move—spearheaded by him—would herald a new era of innovation and investment. 

Pai puts forward a variety of arguments to support this statement, and they’re worth considering. They’re the same arguments put forward by anti-net neutrality advocates for years, all of which have been roundly rejected by consumer advocates.  Read more…

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