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WASHINGTON— On Thursday, the Federal Communications Commission Chairman moved forward Chairman Ajit Pai’s plan to revise the national television-ownership cap, delivering yet another gift to big broadcasters.

Under the Congressional Review Act, Congress could issue a resolution of disapproval and overrule the FCC’s decision.

WASHINGTON — On Thursday, the Federal Communications Commission voted along party lines to approve the deceptively named “Restoring Internet Freedom Order.” The order dismantles the agency’s 2015 Net Neutrality rules.

WASHINGTON — On Thursday, the FCC is expected to approve the deceptively named “Restoring Internet Freedom Order” in a party-line vote, clearing the way for blocking, throttling and discrimination by the nation’s largest phone and cable companies.

With federal regulators poised to repeal Net Neutrality rules, your internet service provider would be allowed to speed up delivery of some online content to your home or phone.

Repealing Net Neutrality rules could allow internet service providers to cut speeds and jack up prices. We spoke with Joseph Torres of Free Press about the move.

American Commitment, a small nonprofit with ties to the donor network spearheaded by billionaire industrialists Charles and David Koch, has been actively opposing Net Neutrality with social media, commentaries and a little-known coalition whose members include other Koch nonprofits and prominent conservative groups.

“If journalists want the public to listen, then journalists have to listen to the public. If journalists want the public to care, then journalists have to care about the public.”

Trump FCC Chairman Ajit Pai — a former Verizon exec — claims we can count on ISPs to voluntarily refrain from abusing their natural monopolies to degrade service to their customers in order to maximize their profits.

In the days leading up to the Net Neutrality vote, we investigate the front lines of the fight for the open internet.