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President Donald Trump tapped Republican Commissioner Ajit Pai to head the Federal Communications Commission, which is expected to roll back many of the Obama administration’s telecommunications and internet policies.

The appointment of new FCC Chairman Ajit Pai has raised concerns among internet rights activists that laws ensuring Net Neutrality are now under threat.

Public interest groups, political organizers and free speech advocates expressed anger and alarm on Monday about President Trump’s decision to elevate Ajit Pai, a right-wing opponent of Net Neutrality, to lead the FCC.

Ajit Pai may not be a household name, but he could end up changing the internet for American households.

Donald Trump has elevated Ajit Pai to chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, giving control over the agency to a reliable conservative who’s been opposed to pretty much every big action the commission has taken in recent years, from establishing Net Neutrality to protecting consumer privacy to restricting major cable mergers.

Ajit Pai has a solid track record of favoring deregulation of phone, cable and broadband companies. It’s a sure bet he’ll adopt a more hands-off approach to overseeing the telecom industry than his Democratic predecessor, Tom Wheeler, who believed government regulators have an important role to play in consumer protection.

A telecommunications lawyer who has served on the FCC since May 2012, Pai is a free-market advocate who has been sharply critical of new regulations adopted by Democrats in recent years.

Pai has made no effort to conceal his anti-regulation, pro-business positions during his nearly five years as a commissioner.

Pai consistently opposed consumer-protection regulations, including the Net Neutrality rules, during the three-year chairmanship of Democrat Tom Wheeler.

Trump’s decision to elevate Pai, a fierce Net Neutrality foe, is consistent with the administration’s choice of a transition team that included conservative Washington insiders with close ties to the phone and cable lobby.