Net Neutrality ‘Hysteria’ Is Misplaced: FCC Chairman Hits Back at Jimmy Kimmel
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Jimmy Kimmel blasted Thursday’s decision to repeal Obama-era net neutrality rules, calling the FCC chairman a “jackhole.”
“Thank you President Trump. Thanks to you and this jackhole you appointed to run the FCC, big corporations are about to take full control of the internet, so Merry Christmas everybody,” he told his audience.
On “Fox & Friends,” Pai hit back at the vociferous criticism, specifically from Kimmel, saying the comedian is “getting everything wrong” in his explanation of the repeal.
“That kind of name calling and hysteria is disappointing but it’s not surprising. … So much of this hysteria is simply misplaced,” said Pai.
He said the repeal is not the end of the free and open internet, as some articles, have claimed.
Pai said the FCC and FTC will still be “cops on the beat” and if any internet service provider acts in an “anti-competitive way,” action will be taken. He said the current regulatory approach existed from the mid-90’s until 2015.
“The free and open internet prior to 2015 is the one we are going to have going forward,” he said.
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