Article 2PYP8 FCC votes to dismantle net neutrality as critics cry 'war on open internet'

FCC votes to dismantle net neutrality as critics cry 'war on open internet'

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Dominic Rushe in New York
from Technology | The Guardian on (#2PYP8)

Federal Communications Commission will start formal process of repealing Obama-era rule that banned internet service providers from creating fast lanes

Donald Trump's newly installed media and telecoms regulator moved to repeal Obama-era rules aimed at protecting an open internet on Thursday, the most serious move to date in what looks set to be a hard fight over the future of the internet.

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC), led by chairman Ajit Pai, voted two to one to start the formal process of dismantling "net neutrality" rules put in place in 2015.

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