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turbinetree

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Wed Nov 29, 2017, 10:43 AM Nov 2017

7 Things To Know About Ajit Pai, The Man Trump Tasked With Killing Net Neutrality

Wednesday, November 29, 2017

Reprinted with permission from AlterNet.

Ajit Pais is chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, the government agency that regulates radio and television airwaves, cable TV, and internet. In other words, he has immense power.

President Trump appointed Pai to serve as chairman in January and Pai has quickly moved to advance the interests of big broadcasting companies and internet service providers at the expense of the public. Next month, the five-member FCC will vote on Pai’s proposal to roll back FCC rules limiting cable and internet service providers from charging more for their services.

Even Trump supporters should be appalled, says the reliably conservative Forbes magazine.

Tim Berners-Lee, the man who invented the protocols of the World Wide Web, is blunt: “The FCC under Ajit Pai has consistently chosen to sell out Americans for the profit of corporations.”

So who is this guy?

http://www.nationalmemo.com/7-things-know-ajit-pai-man-trump-tasked-killing-net-neutrality/

He is an asshole

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7 Things To Know About Ajit Pai, The Man Trump Tasked With Killing Net Neutrality (Original Post) turbinetree Nov 2017 OP
The quintessential corporate whore dalton99a Nov 2017 #1
Major asshole. mikeysnot Nov 2017 #2
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