WMAL Interview - FCC COMMISSIONER MIKE O'RIELLY - 12.14.17

INTERVIEW - FCC COMMISSIONER MIKE O'RIELLY – previewed the net neutrality vote. • Net neutrality: Today could be the day that the internet as we know it begins a major transformation. The FCC is expected to approve a repeal of Obama-era net neutrality protections. These rules, OK'd just two years ago, were meant to keep the web open and fair and stopped big internet service providers from speeding up or slowing down traffic from specific websites and apps. There's a big political divide on this. Democrats oppose the repeal. But the FCC is led by Republicans, and Trump appointed its chairman, Ajit Pai, who has been a critic of net neutrality rules for years. Pai wants the rules repealed to stop the federal government from "micromanaging the internet."