Media Oligarchs Find Friends at F.C.C., After Net Neutrality Order and Broadcast Ownership Study
The Federal Communications Commission is leading the charge within the Trump administration to give a boost to media conglomerates. Republican appointees at the FCC are moving toward the complete reversal of Obama administration rules on Net Neutrality—regulations designed to preserve consumers’ access to information. Commission Chair Ajit Pai announced the plans on Tuesday, saying “the federal government will stop micromanaging the Internet.” The move looks set to allow micromanagement of cyberspace by multinational giants. In 2015, then-FCC Chair Tom Wheeler ruled that internet service providers…