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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.

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.