While unveiling his plan to dismantle Net Neutrality and defang the Federal Communications Commission, Chairman Ajit Pai spent a good chunk of Wednesday’s speech defaming Free Press.
Donald Trump’s FCC is trying to erase one of the most important public interest victories ever at the agency — the 2015 vote that established strong Net Neutrality rules and restored the FCC’s authority to enforce them.
Imagine if instead of cashing out, station owners invested a significant portion of their auction revenue in a public fund to confront the crisis in journalism.
The auction presents an opportunity to establish long-term support for local journalism and community-information projects — and reverse a decades-long downward spiral in local news.
Today a panel of judges ruled in favor of the FCC's Net Neutrality rules — agreeing with the overwhelming majority of internet users that this agency can and must protect everyone's rights to connect and communicate.
