FCC Chair to Block Stricter Broadband Privacy Rules

New U.S. Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai reportedly will move to block broadband privacy rules, approved by the Obama administration, that subject broadband providers to stricter scrutiny than websites, a spokesman said on Friday. It is seen as a victory for Internet providers such as AT&T, Comcast Corp and Verizon Communications Corp.

The spokesman for FCC Chairman Pai said Pai believes all companies in the “online space should be subject to the same rules, and the federal government should not favor one set of companies over another.”

Pai plans by March 2 to delay the implementation of the rules, which subject companies to stricter oversight than websites under Federal Trade Commission rules, the spokesman said.


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