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Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai laid out preliminary plans to roll back the agency’s net neutrality rules in a meeting this week with trade associations, according to several people familiar with the matter.
The conversation shows that the FCC chairman is inching closer to making his plans public, possibly as soon as this month. The plans appear aimed at preserving the basic principles of net neutrality but shifting enforcement to the Federal Trade Commission, while undoing what Republican critics regard as the regulatory overreach of the FCC’s rules.
FCC officials didn’t immediately respond to requests for comment.
The FCC created the rules during the Obama administration, requiring internet service providers to treat all internet traffic the same. The regulations have been criticized by telecommunications companies, as well as Mr. Pai and other Republicans, who say the rules are heavy-handed and could discourage investment in broadband.
Broadband providers have challenged the FCC rules in court, so far unsuccessfully. A federal appeals court panel upheld the rules last year, but further appeals continue.
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