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FCC Chairman Ajit Pai’s orders “rob millions of the neediest families of the help they need to bridge the digital divide,” says Free Press.

Trump’s newly installed FCC chief, Ajit Pai, moved to reverse several pro-consumer initiatives, prompting howls of protest from public interest advocates.

Less than two weeks after Ajit Pai assumed leadership of the FCC, the agency quietly announced several troubling actions, including major blows to Net Neutrality and a program designed to give poor people internet access.

Harvard Law scholar Susan Crawford speaks to former FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler about Net Neutrality, media mergers and more.

WASHINGTON — In a flurry of items released today, the Federal Communications Commission under new chairman Ajit Pai curtailed several key consumer-protection orders, reports and proceedings his predecessor, Tom Wheeler, put in place.

New York State’s attorney general alleges a years-long scheme to defraud consumers.

During his campaign, President Donald Trump called the FCC’s Net Neutrality rules a “top-down power grab,” leading many observers to expect a quick repeal.

If you like your online privacy rights, can you keep them? Under Trump, the chances are grim.

Listen to an afternoon of micro-conversations, hosted by WNYC’s Rebecca Carroll, featuring lawmakers, writers, artists and educators. This event was held at the Newark Public Library in partnership with Free Press.

A report that Verizon is thinking about acquiring Charter Communications, which recently acquired Time Warner Cable, has sent heads spinning.