In a victory for online companies and tech activists, the Federal Communications Commission voted 3-2 Thursday to approve net neutrality rules that allow for the federal regulation of broadband Internet providers. Chairman Tom Wheeler called the vote the “irrefutable reflection of the principle that no one — whether government or corporate — should control free, open access to the Internet.” The three Democratic and two Republican commissioners voted along party lines. Republicans Michael O’Rielly and Ajit Pai maintained that the FCC is trying to fix something that isn’t broken by passing rules “because President Obama told us to.” In a statement posted online in badly smudged typewriter...
↧