Ajit Pai

Biker Protestor ‘Throttles’ Traffic Around FCC Headquarters

Many pundits and companies have tried to illustrate how the net neutrality repeal will affect internet users, but YouTuber Rob Bliss has made one of the best demonstrations yet. It’s good because it’s simple, it isn’t trying to sell you hamburgers, and it confused police officers. The demonstration also took place at a very suitable…

Tech News Jennings Brown Jan 30

FCC Explains How That Nuke Alert Happened In Hawaii

Two weeks ago, residents of Hawaii kissed their loved ones goodbye or huddled in confusion after emergency warnings of an incoming ballistic missile threat were sent out in error. Forty minutes later, they were told it was all a mistake, and that an employee clicked the wrong button. But an FCC investigation has concluded that…

Tech News Rhett Jones Jan 30

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo Orders State Not to Sign Contracts With ISPs That Violate Net Neutrality

In a clear middle finger to the Republican-controlled FCC and its chair Ajit Pai, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed an executive order on Wednesday mandating that state agencies only purchase internet service from providers who agree to abide by the net neutrality rules the FCC just threw out. Per the Washington Post, Cuomo’s order…

Tech News Tom McKay Jan 24

Even Burger King Is Roasting Ajit Pai Over Net Neutrality Repeal

The only face that might be creepier than FCC Chairman Ajit Pai’s stupid mug is the eternally frozen and smiling visage of the Burger King mascot. Now the fast food franchise is taking shots at Pai’s decision to repeal net neutrality as well as his literal giant coffee mug. The thing about politics is that…

Tech News Rhett Jones Jan 24

The GAO Will Look Into the FCC’s Sketchy Net Neutrality Comments in, Like, Five Months or So

Under the tenure of its new Donald Trump-appointed chair Ajit Pai, the Federal Communications Commission recently revoked Barack Obama-era regulations mandating service providers abide by net neutrality rules. But on the way there, the agency had to overlook millions of allegedly fraudulent comments submitted to its Electronic Comment Filing System—likely corrupting one of the only…

Tech News Tom McKay Jan 23

FCC Backtracks on Boneheaded Plan to Redefine Broadband

Under chairman Ajit Pai, the FCC has had a lot of stupid initiatives that would only serve the interests of telecoms. Ranking high on the list was a plan to redefine speed requirements for fixed broadband to include slower mobile connections. As of Thursday, that plan appears to be dead. But never say never. The…

Tech News Rhett Jones Jan 19

The Crucial First Step in the Legal Battle to Save Net Neutrality [Updated]

A cadre of public interest groups and at least 22 attorneys general have filed petitions this week challenging the FCC order that seeks to gut net neutrality. But before the real legal challenge begins, net neutrality advocates are fighting to ensure the case is heard in their court of choice. The dubiously titled “Restoring Internet…

Tech News Dell Cameron Jan 17

Senate Hits 50 Votes in Bid to Save Net Neutrality and/or Make Republicans Look Dumb

Senate Democrats are getting serious about overruling the FCC’s recent decision to kill net neutrality protections. Republican Senator Susan Collins has joined 49 Democrats in the endorsement of a legislative measure that would reverse the FCC’s ruling. Only one more vote is necessary for the measure to pass the Senate. Democrats have seized on the…

Tech News Rhett Jones Jan 16

Senate Democrats Promise Vote to Restore Net Neutrality, Call FCC’s Order ‘Un-American’

A group of US senators on Tuesday announced that more than 40 lawmakers had joined an effort to overturn the 2017 FCC order killing net neutrality. Democrats are seeking to undo the FCC order using the Congressional Review Act (CRA), passage of which will require a simple majority in the both the House and Senate.…

Tech News Dell Cameron Jan 9

Lobbying Group for Google, Amazon, and 40 Other Tech Companies Will Intervene in Net Neutrality Lawsuit

A trade group representing more than 40 of the country’s biggest tech companies announced on Friday plans to intervene in a lawsuit against the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) over its 2017 order dismantling net neutrality protections for American consumers. The announcement by the Internet Association (IA) came less than a day after the FCC published…

Tech News Dell Cameron Jan 5

FCC Releases Final Text of Order Killing Net Neutrality

The Federal Communications Commission on Thursday released the final text of the order spelling the death of net neutrality in the United States. A fight to overturn it is being waged on multiple fronts: In Congress, Democrats are rallying to reverse it with a resolution of disapproval; the seats of lawmakers who don’t join the…

Tech News Dell Cameron Jan 4

Loathsome Shill Ajit Pai Drops Out of Planned CES Appearance [Now We Know Why]

With less than a week before this year’s Consumer Electronics Show, Chairman of the Federal Communications Comission Ajit Pai has decided to bail on a scheduled appearance. Pai—whose name is now synonymous with the Trump administration’s deeply unpopular goal of repealing net neutrality, and smirking toadyism writ large—was slated for a CES “SuperSession” that would…

Tech News Avery Ellis Jan 3

Text Alerts Will Tell Net Neutrality Supporters Who to Vote Out of Congress

Net neutrality supporters on Wednesday unveiled a campaign aimed at unseating US senators who refuse to overturn the FCC order repealing net neutrality. The campaign, launched by the open-internet advocacy organization Fight for the Future, will allow net neutrality supporters to receive updates via text notifying them if their elected representatives don’t support overturning the…

Tech News Dell Cameron Jan 3

Don’t Fall For Marsha Blackburn’s ‘Open Internet Preservation Act’

Last week, the Republican-dominated Federal Communications Commission and its Verizon-loving chair Ajit Pai rammed through a wildly unpopular decision to repeal Barack Obama-era open internet guidelines, potentially opening the door for internet service providers to start blocking or throttling anyone on the web they want or hitting them up for extortionate fees. With the FCC abrogating…

Tech News Tom McKay Dec 19

Mark Hamill Does Not Think Ajit Pai Would Make A Good Jedi

Recently, Ajit Pai, the Chairman of the FCC, invoked Star Wars in celebrating his successful bid to repeal extant net neutrality laws. And Mark Hamill, donning his Master Skywalker robes at least in spirit, did not approve. Taking to Twitter, Hamill called Pai out for playing with a lightsaber in his Daily Caller video, wherein…

io9 Julie Muncy Dec 17

Republicans Just Sold Out the Internet. Now What?

The Federal Communications Commission on Thursday took an ax to net neutrality. The rest of us, now at the mercy of broadband providers unshackled from the chains of fair regulation, are left asking, will the open internet survive? More than a hundred Republican members of Congress voiced their support for repealing the net neutrality rules…

Tech News Dell Cameron Dec 14

FCC Votes to Kill Net Neutrality, Capping a Year of Endless Bullshit

You tried, America. You tried. Despite overwhelming bipartisan support for safeguarding the open internet, the Federal Communications Commission voted on Thursday to ignore the public and kill net neutrality protections. With his familiar shit-eating grin, FCC chairman Ajit Pai went through the motions of holding a committee hearing on his “Restoring Internet Freedom” initiative. The…

Tech News Rhett Jones Dec 14

How to Watch the FCC Kill Net Neutrality

The first major step toward the annihilation of a free and open internet takes place this morning, and you can witness it live. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is expected to vote to repeal the Obama-era regulations protecting net neutrality during its annual meeting today. It starts at 10:30am EST and a livestream is available…

Tech News Melanie Ehrenkranz Dec 14

Ajit Pai Thinks You’re Stupid Enough to Buy This Crap [Update: One of the 7 Things Is Dancing With a Pizzagater]

On Thursday, the Republican-dominated Federal Communications Commission and its chairman, Verizon BFF Ajit Pai, will hold a vote on whether to repeal Barack Obama-era net neutrality rules. If passed, the FCC would allow ISPs to begin setting up a tiered internet designed to suck as much money from customers’ pockets as possible while screwing with…

Tech News Tom McKay Dec 13

Only 1 in 5 Republicans Want the FCC to Gut Net Neutrality Rules

A new survey of 1,077 registered voters found that the FCC’s plan to rollback net neutrality protections is staggeringly unpopular among Republican voters. The survey, conducted by the University of Maryland’s Program for Public Consultation (PPC) and Voice of the People, a nonpartisan polling organization, found that only one in five Republican voters support FCC…

Tech News Dell Cameron Dec 12

Biker Protestor ‘Throttles’ Traffic Around FCC Headquarters

FCC Explains How That Nuke Alert Happened In Hawaii

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo Orders State Not to Sign Contracts With ISPs That Violate Net Neutrality

Even Burger King Is Roasting Ajit Pai Over Net Neutrality Repeal

The GAO Will Look Into the FCC’s Sketchy Net Neutrality Comments in, Like, Five Months or So

FCC Backtracks on Boneheaded Plan to Redefine Broadband

The Crucial First Step in the Legal Battle to Save Net Neutrality [Updated]

Senate Hits 50 Votes in Bid to Save Net Neutrality and/or Make Republicans Look Dumb

Senate Democrats Promise Vote to Restore Net Neutrality, Call FCC’s Order ‘Un-American’

Lobbying Group for Google, Amazon, and 40 Other Tech Companies Will Intervene in Net Neutrality Lawsuit

FCC Releases Final Text of Order Killing Net Neutrality

Loathsome Shill Ajit Pai Drops Out of Planned CES Appearance [Now We Know Why]

Text Alerts Will Tell Net Neutrality Supporters Who to Vote Out of Congress

Don’t Fall For Marsha Blackburn’s ‘Open Internet Preservation Act’

Mark Hamill Does Not Think Ajit Pai Would Make A Good Jedi

Republicans Just Sold Out the Internet. Now What?

FCC Votes to Kill Net Neutrality, Capping a Year of Endless Bullshit

How to Watch the FCC Kill Net Neutrality

Ajit Pai Thinks You’re Stupid Enough to Buy This Crap [Update: One of the 7 Things Is Dancing With a Pizzagater]

Only 1 in 5 Republicans Want the FCC to Gut Net Neutrality Rules

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