The 'Light Touch' and Its Enemies - James B. Meigs, Commentary Magazine
The ‘Light Touch’ and Its Enemies Tech Commentary In December 2017, the Federal Communications Commission voted to repeal the Obama-era rule mandating “net neutrality.” “This burdensome regulation has failed consumers and businesses alike,” said Ajit Pai, the Republican FCC chairman who pushed through the change. Internet neutrality’s rollback meant the U.S. Internet would return to the “light-touch” regulatory regime it had enjoyed until the Obama years. Net-neutrality supporters had long argued that stricter government oversight was required to protect the “free and ope...
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