FCC Commissioner Ajit Pai. (credit: FCC)
Federal Communications Commission member Ajit Pai yesterday vowed to take a “weed whacker” to FCC regulations after President-elect Donald Trump takes office, with net neutrality rules being among the first to be cut down.
Pai is the commission’s senior Republican and could end up being the FCC chairman, at least on an interim basis until Trump chooses a long-term chair.
“I’m optimistic that last month’s election will prove to be an inflection point—and that during the Trump Administration, we will shift from playing defense at the FCC to going on offense,” Pai said in a speech yesterday before the Free State Foundation in Washington, DC, said. The commission “need[s] to remove outdated and unnecessary regulations… We need to fire up the weed whacker and remove those rules that are holding back investment, innovation, and job creation,” he also said.
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Source: Ars Technica – FCC’s Ajit Pai says net neutrality’s “days are numbered” under Trump