FTC poised to take command of Internet oversight duties

Published February 6, 2017 5:01am ET



Republicans are ready to tackle net neutrality under the Trump administration, though it is unclear if they will completely or only partially dismantle the Federal Communications Commission’s Open Internet rules. Regardless of the outcome, another government agency, now under control of a free-market Republican, is poised to take control of Internet regulations.

One day before President Trump appointed Maureen Ohlhausen to be acting chair of the Federal Trade Commission, which is an independent agency in charge of protecting consumers from unfair business practices, she criticized the FCC’s 2015 rule reclassifying Internet service providers as Title II public utilities for hurting consumers.

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