Ajit Pai Now Trying To Pretend That Everybody Supported Net Neutrality Repeal

Ajit Pai Now Trying To Pretend That Everybody Supported Net Neutrality Repeal

6 years ago
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https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20180615/07410640047/ajit-pai-now-trying-to-pretend-that-everybody-supported-net-neutrality-repeal.shtml

By now it's abundantly clear that the Trump FCC's repeal of net neutrality was based largely on fluff and nonsense. From easily disproved claims that net neutrality protections stifled broadband investment, to claims that the rules would embolden dictators in North Korea and Iran, truth was an early and frequent casualty of the FCC's blatant effort to pander to some of the least competitive, least-liked companies in America (oh hi Comcast, didn't see you standing there). In fact throughout the repeal, the FCC's media relations office frequently just directed reporters to telecom lobbyists should they have any pesky questions.

With the rules now passed and a court battle looming, FCC boss Ajit Pai has been making the rounds continuing his postmortem assault on stubborn facts. Like over at CNET, for example, where Ajit Pai informs readers in an editorial that he really adores a "free and open internet" despite having just killed rules supporting that very concept: