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12-16-2017, 11:04 AM
Over 100,000 people sign petition calling on FCC chairman Ajit Pai to resign
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We knew it was likely, but that hasn't made it any more popular.
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted to kill net neutrality Thursday, ushering in an era of new power for internet providers.
Now people are calling for the head of the FCC's head.
SEE ALSO: Dude who ruined the internet with ‘Harlem Shake’ goes after the FCC for making it worse (http://mashable.com/2017/12/14/harlem-shake-net-neutrality-video/?utm_campaign&utm_cid=a-seealso&utm_context=textlink&utm_medium=rss&utm_source)
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We knew it was likely, but that hasn't made it any more popular.
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted to kill net neutrality Thursday, ushering in an era of new power for internet providers.
Now people are calling for the head of the FCC's head.
SEE ALSO: Dude who ruined the internet with ‘Harlem Shake’ goes after the FCC for making it worse (http://mashable.com/2017/12/14/harlem-shake-net-neutrality-video/?utm_campaign&utm_cid=a-seealso&utm_context=textlink&utm_medium=rss&utm_source)
An online petition (https://petitions.moveon.org/sign/the-resignation-of-fcc?akid=195412.36716188.rxuLNC&rd=1&source=mo&t=13) demanding the resignation of Ajit Pai, the organization's chairman, pulled in over 100,000 names by Friday, just over 24 hours after the vote. The page at MoveOn.org blames Pai for "ignoring millions of complaints about removing net neutrality and for impeding freedom of speech on the internet" and demands he step aside. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/12/15/fcc-chair-resign-petition-net-neutrality/)
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