Direction of Pai FCC on Net Neutrality Unsurprising, Clyburn Says
Ajit Pai's FCC direction on undoing broadband regulation doesn't surprise Commissioner Mignon Clyburn, since Republicans were clear under then-Chairman Tom Wheeler that they disagreed with some rulings and postures such as its approach to net neutrality, she said in a…
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six-minute interview Tuesday on WNYC AM/FM New York's The Takeaway. But the principles of net neutrality aren't dead, she said, calling them "beyond partisanship." How "we execute them, that might be different," she said. Clyburn said there's a general expectation ISPs shouldn't be allowed to throttle or block web access and there should be some privacy protections. She also said there's infrastructure investment and business certainty "because we have clear rules of the road.”