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Internet's Top Cop Under Trump May Struggle to Run at Web Speeds
- FCC chairman sees expanded role for Federal Trade Commission
- Critics say FTC can’t react quickly, has limited role
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Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai’s plan to gut Obama-era net neutrality rules calls for handing off the job of policing broadband service to an agency with different powers and a different mandate.
Giving the Federal Trade Commission oversight for the web can make sense from Pai’s perspective: It’s a consumer-protection agency that already has taken action against high-speed internet providers.