In a Fifth Column interview, FCC chair announces the beginning of the end of Title II regulatory classification of Internet companies, frets about the culture of free speech, and calls social-media regulation "a dangerous road to cross."
It's all about deregulation to foster innovation.
Ajit Pai notes that his agency has no authority to consider journalistic content in making license decisions.
"Setting aside the fact that the FCC doesn't license cable channels," Ajit Pai said last month, "these demands are fundamentally at odds with our legal and cultural traditions."
Friday A/V Club: Pirate radio, then and now
A bipartisan group of senators wants an investigation into the government's latest disastrous internet intervention.
The Obama-era "Open Internet Order" discourages a free internet.
Friday A/V Club: A beatnik, a president, and a radio station that the FCC wouldn't license
Thanks for nothing, Federal Communications Commission.
Confusion over net neutrality rules has internet providers too scared to offer freebies, even though it's legal.
From nipple censorship to breast milk regulation, the government is groping where it shouldn't.
The FCC is designed to protect incumbents, enrich politicians, and screw consumers, says economist Thomas Hazlett.
The internet did just fine before bureaucrats started micromanaging it.
This isn't about whether the internet will be free and open. It's about how much power the FCC should have.
It's only doing what it *has* to do, by Congress' mandate, which is to investigate *all* complaints. BTW, f*ck the FCC!
Reason editors Nick Gillespie, Katherine Mangu-Ward, and Peter Suderman talk Trump, French election, health care, Colbert, and the FCC.
Goodbye and good riddance to the Obama administration's "Open Internet Order."
"We were not living in a digital dystopia in the years leading up to 2015."
Franklin Roosevelt had his own Breitbart, and radio was his Twitter.
By nearly eliminating their equivalent of the Federal Communications Commission, Danes now enjoy some of the best IT and telecom services on earth.
This is not the sort of "consolidation wave" to worry about.
The Radio Act of 1927 has enjoyed a nice, long life. It's past time for a retirement party.
The New York Times' breathlessly covers nominees for the Department of Labor and the FCC, and a potential nominee for the FDA.
Pai favors free speech but not treating the Internet as a public utlity. That's exactly right.
Potential pork projects hardest hit.
Clever broadcasters have found a loophole. Now how about letting some more folks in?
Policy guide is essentially a call for lobbying to influence regulations and spending.
The White House pushed the agency to reclassify internet service under Title II, and the agency complied.
Why the V-chip will never please everyone, and soon will hardly please anyone at all
Can the FCC bring "choice" and "competition" to your TV? Don't count on it.
Larry Fly, the forgotten hero who refused to illegally wiretap Americans
Zero-rated plans, which exempt users from data caps, are in cross-hairs of FCC. Blech.
Spoiler: It didn't have a "wardrobe malfunction."
These projects aren't fiscally responsible, but the FCC has given them a thumbs up.
The legendary tech writer on net neutrality, the FCC, and why Bitcoin is the missing eighth layer of the Internet.
"If we are going to continue to preserve our right to free speech in the electronic age, then we need to use tools like encryption."
Pollsters like Nate Silver are understandably freaked out, but it's not the government's job to protect their business model.
Watch the first-ever event devoted to "Internet Independence Day," when the government got out of the business of running the Internet backbone.
With the FCC muscling in, it's more important than ever to remember that cyberspace got great when the government got out.
Maverick FCC Commissioner Ajit Pai on why net neutrality and government attempts to regulate the Internet are all wrong.
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