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April 27, 2017

FCC Chair Ajit Pai Unveils Plan to End Net Neutrality
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In Washington, D.C., the chair of the Federal Communications Commission
on Wednesday outlined a sweeping plan to dismantle net neutrality rules,
which seek to keep the internet open and prevent corporate service
providers from blocking access to websites, slowing down content or
providing paid fast lanes for internet service. FCC Chair Ajit Pai
unveiled the plan at a forum hosted by Freedom Works, a right-wing group
backed by the billionaire Koch brothers. The plan would end a rule
classifying the internet as a public utility, leaving the industry to
largely police itself. Evan Greer of the digital rights group Fight for
the Future said, "Internet users will fight tooth and nail to defend our
basic right to connect, create, learn, and share."