Trump Administration Issues Position on Net Neutrality


In a press briefing at the White House on Tuesday, White House deputy press secretary, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, told reporters that the Obama Administration went about Net Neutrality the wrong way. The previous administration had imposed rules on Internet Service Providers through the FCC's Title II rule making power. Ms. Sanders went on to say that the Trump Administration supports the FCC's Chair, Ajit Pai to review and roll back the rules.

Congressman Greg Walden (R-OR), Senator John Thune (R-SD), Congressman Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), and Senator Roger Wicker (R-MS) have been proponents of Chairman Pai's proposal to rescind Net Neutrality regulations put into place under the Obama administration. Earlier this year they issued this statement in support of Chairman Pai:

We have long said that imposing a Depression-era, utility-style regulatory structure onto the internet was the wrong approach, and we applaud Chairman Pai's efforts to roll back these misguided regulations. Consumers want an open internet that doesn't discriminate on content and protects free speech and consumer privacy. It's now time for Republicans and Democrats, internet service providers, edge providers, and the Internet community as a whole to come together and work toward a legislative solution that benefits consumers and the future of the internet.





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