Eliminating Net Neutrality Rules Will Favor Carriers Over Internet Content Providers [telecom]

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By Aaron Pressman

Less than a year after taking control of the top federal telecom regulator, commissioners appointed by President Donald Trump are poised to eliminate net neutrality rules that bar Internet providers from creating slow and fast lanes for online content.

Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai on Tuesday unveiled his plan to erase the agency's 2015 ban on Internet service providers discriminating against certain online content and services while favoring others. Pai's plan also blocks state and local governments from imposing their own net neutrality rules.