Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Ajit Pai
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Pai said in C-SPAN’s The Communicators that there is not enough time in the Trump administration to amend section 230 of the Decency in Communication Act, which gives Internet companies protection from liability for third-party content and moderation of good faith.
“Given this reality, I don’t think it’s appropriate to go any further,” he said, according to an edited transcript of the protocol interview.
Well, he had announced in October that the agency would continue with the executive order.
This decision drew harsh criticism from the two Democrats in the Commission, as well as lawmakers who questioned the FCC’s ability to clarify the meaning of the laws in the way it demanded the order.
Well, he is going to give up the agency at the beginning of the president-elect Joe Biden
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The FCC’s last meeting with Pai in charge is set for next Wednesday.