Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai made a joke about being a corporate shill and “puppet” for Verizon at the annual gathering of the Federal Communications Bar Association on Thursday night. Pai, formerly associate general counsel for Verizon, is currently trying to undo Obama-era net neutrality rules, which require internet providers to treat all online content equally. On Thursday, net neutrality advocates protested outside Verizon stores nationwide. (Verizon owns HuffPost’s parent company, Oath. HuffPost’s union is represented by the Writers Guild of America, East, which supports net neutrality.)

Source: Huffington Post December 09, 2017 01:18 UTC