FCC chair wants to replace net neutrality with “voluntary” commitments

Enlarge / FCC Chairman Ajit Pai speaks during a Senate Commerce Committee hearing on March 8, 2017. (credit: Getty Images | Bloomberg)

Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai reportedly met with broadband industry lobby groups this week to discuss his plans for eliminating net neutrality rules.

Instead of the FCC continuing to enforce net neutrality rules, Pai "wants Internet service providers to voluntarily agree to maintain an open Internet," Reuters reported yesterday, citing three sources briefing on the meeting.

Pai wants to shift enforcement of net neutrality from the FCC to the Federal Trade Commission, according to The Wall Street Journal, which also talked to people familiar with the meeting.

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