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WASHINGTON — FCC Chairman Ajit Pai plans a full repeal of Net Neutrality protections, exposing internet users to blocking, throttling and paid prioritization of online content by the handful of internet service providers that control access in the United States.

WASHINGTON — On Tuesday, Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai circulated a proposal to review and revise the agency’s national television-ownership cap.

WASHINGTON — The Federal Communications Commission has circulated a proposal that, if adopted, will repeal the FCC’s 2015 Net Neutrality rules — with devastating impacts on communities of color. The final order will be voted on by the FCC at its next open meeting on Thurs., Dec. 14.

WASHINGTON — Internet users outraged by FCC Chairman Ajit Pai’s plan to gut Net Neutrality are planning to protest at Verizon retail stores across the country on Thursday, Dec. 7.

Federal regulators unveiled a plan Tuesday that would give internet providers broad powers to determine what websites and online services their customers can see and use, and at what cost.

Ajit Pai, the Federal Communications Commission’s Trump-appointed chairman, is moving to gut the Net Neutrality rules that progressive activists and a massive online movement successfully pushed for during the Obama administration.

American consumers are used to thinking of their internet service as a public utility, similar to turning on the tap and getting a consistent stream of water.
But those perceptions may soon be challenged by the FCC.

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The Department of Justice sued to block the AT&T-Time Warner merger on Monday, warning that the combined company could drive up the cost of channels like HBO, CNN and TBS to rivals and ultimately the price that consumers pay for prized content.

WASHINGTON — On Tuesday, the Department of Justice moved to block AT&T’s $85.4-billion takeover of Time Warner on antitrust grounds.