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<\/p>\nWashington, DC…Chairman Pai Circulates Draft Order To Restore Internet Freedom And Eliminate Heavy-Handed Internet Regulations. Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai released the following statement on his draft Restoring Internet Freedom Order, which was circulated to his fellow Commissioners this morning and will be voted on at the FCC\u2019s Open Meeting on December 14.<\/p>\n
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\u201cFor almost twenty years, the Internet thrived under the light-touch regulatory approach established by President Clinton and a Republican Congress. This bipartisan framework led the private sector to invest $1.5 trillion building communications networks throughout the United States. And it gave us an Internet economy that became the envy of the world.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut in 2015, the prior FCC bowed to pressure from President Obama. On a party-line vote, it imposed heavy-handed, utility-style regulations upon the Internet. That decision was a mistake. It\u2019s depressed investment in building and expanding broadband networks and deterred innovation. <\/p>\n
\u201cToday, I have shared with my colleagues a draft order that would abandon this failed approach and return to the longstanding consensus that served consumers well for decades. Under my proposal, the federal government will stop micromanaging the Internet. Instead, the FCC would simply require Internet service providers to be transparent about their practices so that consumers can buy the service plan that\u2019s best for them and entrepreneurs and other small businesses can have the technical information they need to innovate. <\/p>\n
\u201cAdditionally, as a result of my proposal, the Federal Trade Commission will once again be able to police ISPs, protect consumers, and promote competition, just as it did before 2015. Notably, my proposal will put the federal government\u2019s most experienced privacy cop, the FTC, back on the beat to protect consumers\u2019 online privacy.<\/p>\n
\u201cSpeaking of transparency, when the prior FCC adopted President Obama\u2019s heavy-handed Internet regulations, it refused to let the American people see that plan until weeks after the FCC\u2019s vote. This time, it\u2019ll be different. Specifically, I will publicly release my proposal to restore Internet freedom tomorrow\u2014more than three weeks before the Commission\u2019s December 14 vote.<\/p>\n
\u201cWorking with my colleagues, I look forward to returning to the light-touch, market-based framework that unleashed the digital revolution and benefited consumers here and around the world.\u201d <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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