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Jessica González, deputy director and senior counsel at Free Press, discusses FCC Chairman Ajit Pai’s attacks on the Net Neutrality rules and other consumer protections.

Silicon Valley is rightly focused on President Trump’s immigration order. But it should be gearing up for another fight that’s vital to both tech companies and their customers.

Trump’s FCC chairman is mad the media called out his plans targeting cheap internet for poor people.

An FCC controlled by Trump and Pai poses a serious threat to democracy.

Senators and digital rights groups promise to fight any attempt to roll back the regulations.

WASHINGTON — FCC Chairman Ajit Pai released a statement on Tuesday defending the agency’s decision to deny Lifeline benefits to nine small internet access providers serving low-income communities around the country.

The Federal Communications Commission should let stand new privacy rules that require carriers to obtain consumers’ consent before drawing on their web-surfing behavior for ad targeting, the Center for Democracy & Technology, Free Press and other advocacy groups say.

Broadband companies that want to give their own sites and services a leg up on the competition can now do so without worrying about getting any hassle from the Federal Communications Commission.

Consumer advocacy group Free Press said that “Chairman Pai is undoing important work that promised to bring the benefits of broadband to low-income families.”

The destructive toll of Donald Trump’s presidency is beginning to emerge, foreshadowing what’s likely to come as the White House and congressional Republicans begin to reverse, repeal and replace federal laws and regulations and downsize agencies.