{"id":308485,"date":"2017-05-17T02:30:35","date_gmt":"2017-05-17T01:30:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/pai-needs-to-be-personally-protested-because-he-comes-to-the-fcc-with-a-personal-agenda\/"},"modified":"2017-05-17T02:30:35","modified_gmt":"2017-05-17T01:30:35","slug":"pai-needs-to-be-personally-protested-because-he-comes-to-the-fcc-with-a-personal-agenda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/pai-needs-to-be-personally-protested-because-he-comes-to-the-fcc-with-a-personal-agenda\/","title":{"rendered":"Pai Needs to be Personally Protested Because He Comes to the FCC With a Personal Agenda"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/dissidentvoice.org\/2017\/05\/pai-needs-to-be-personally-protested-because-he-comes-to-the-fcc-with-a-personal-agenda\/net-neutrality-protest-at-pai-home-may-14-2017\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-68100\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-68100\" src=\"http:\/\/dissidentvoice.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Net-Neutrality-protest-at-Pai-home-May-14-2017.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"632\" height=\"423\" srcset=\"http:\/\/dissidentvoice.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Net-Neutrality-protest-at-Pai-home-May-14-2017.jpg 632w, http:\/\/dissidentvoice.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Net-Neutrality-protest-at-Pai-home-May-14-2017-300x201.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 632px) 100vw, 632px\" \/><\/a>Protests urging net neutrality under Title II were outside of Ajit Pai\u2019s Arlington home on May 14, 2017. (Photo by Anne Meador, DC Media Group)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Despite public opinion and the facts, he intends to serve the Telecom Industry. Pai is behaving like he is still Verizon\u2019s lawyer, not someone required to serve the public interest.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Arlington, VA\u00a0\u2014 Ajit Pai, the Chair of the FCC, is on a mission to destroy the Internet by reclassifying it so that it is no longer a common carrier where we all have equal access and repeal net neutrality rules so Comcast, Verizon and A&amp;T can discriminate based on content.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/dissidentvoice.org\/2017\/05\/pai-needs-to-be-personally-protested-because-he-comes-to-the-fcc-with-a-personal-agenda\/33820623684_cc48491612_z-e1494859641258\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-68101\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-68101\" src=\"http:\/\/dissidentvoice.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/33820623684_cc48491612_z-e1494859641258.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"340\" height=\"198\" srcset=\"http:\/\/dissidentvoice.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/33820623684_cc48491612_z-e1494859641258.jpg 340w, http:\/\/dissidentvoice.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/33820623684_cc48491612_z-e1494859641258-300x175.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 340px) 100vw, 340px\" \/><\/a>Net neutrality protesting outside of Ajit Pai\u2019s home on May 14, 2017. (Photo by Anne Meador, DC Media Group)<\/p>\n<p>Net neutrality activists began a vigil at the FCC chairman\u2019s home in Arlington on Sunday, May 14 to protest. They will continue on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday until the public meeting at the FCC on Thursday, May 18. Twenty people stood outside of his home holding signs urging \u201cSave The Internet,\u201d \u201cWe Want Democracy Not Net Monopolies,\u201d \u201cAjit Pai Stop the Lies\u201d \u201cProtect the Internet\u201d and \u201cEqual Access for All.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The protest was supported by every neighbor who spoke to them, one even offered the use of their bathroom if net neutrality advocates needed it. Three of the participants were from the neighborhood and attended because the week before they found a door hanger <a href=\"https:\/\/popularresistance.org\/net-neutrality-activists-take-on-new-fcc-chairman\/\">describing<\/a> Ajit Pai and the issue on their front door. The door&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/dissidentvoice.org\/2017\/05\/pai-needs-to-be-personally-protested-because-he-comes-to-the-fcc-with-a-personal-agenda\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Protests urging net neutrality under Title II were outside of Ajit Pai\u2019s Arlington home on May 14, 2017. (Photo by Anne Meador, DC Media Group) Despite public opinion and the facts, he intends to serve the Telecom Industry. Pai is behaving like he is still Verizon\u2019s lawyer, not someone required to serve the public interest. 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