FCC Chair Ajit Pai defends net neutrality repeal to doubters at Mobile World Congress

BARCELONA —FCC Chairman Ajit Pai defended his agency's repeal of net neutrality regulations at the mobile industry's annual conference here, saying the lighter rules set to replace them will amount to "targeted enforcement."

"Our order restoring Internet freedom merely restored the same basic framework that governed the Internet for most of its existence," said Pai, who had skipped an appearance at the large tech gathering CES in January, reportedly due to death threats.

Last week, the National Rifle Association gave him the "Charlton Heston Courage Under Fire" award — in the form of a rifle, to be housed at a NRA museum — at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Maryland, citing his successful efforts to repeal the Obama-era regulations.


Source : usatoday