Updates | The Week of April 24, 2017
Derek Reinbold // 4/30/17 //
The Federal Communications Commission suggested a plan to drastically reduce government oversight of high-speed Internet providers, undercutting Obama Administration policy that prevented cable companies from blocking or slowing down online content (NYT, WaPo).
- Rolling back net neutrality rules could allow cable companies to provide the fastest Internet speeds for big companies but slower speeds to other consumers, argue Senators Ron Wyden and Al Franken, and former FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler (WaPo).
- FCC Chairman Ajit Pai’s proposed plans to roll back Obama-era net neutrality rules have attracted heavy criticism (The Hill, HuffPo).