FCC votes 2-1 to advance repeal of Obama-era internet rules
FCC votes 2-1 to advance repeal of Obama-era internet rules
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-fcc-neutrality-idUSKCN18E2H7
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission voted 2-1 on Thursday to advance a Republican plan to reverse the Obama administration's 2015 "net neutrality" order.
FCC Chairman Ajit Pai wants the commission repeal the rules that reclassified internet service providers as if they were utilities. He thinks the open internet rules adopted under former President Barack Obama, a Democrat, were unnecessary and harm jobs and investment.
Democratic FCC Commissioner Mignon Clyburn, who voted against the plan, said the end game appears to be an internet without FCC regulatory oversight. She said the proposal "jeopardizes the ability of the open internet to function tomorrow, as it does today."
Many companies and Republicans think Congress should pass legislation clarifying the FCC's role to resolve a decade-long dispute over internet regulations.