NEW YORK (AP) — Published reports say Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai is skipping the CES gadget show because of death threats.
Pai has scrapped popular net-neutrality rules that had barred broadband providers like AT&T, Comcast and Verizon from interfering with internet traffic. The policy’s supporters have reacted strongly . Pai and his staff have called out racist tweets and death threats against the chairman. The Dec. 14 vote was halted for unidentified security reasons, with a brief evacuation and search of the hearing room.
Pai was supposed to speak on a CES panel in Las Vegas next week. The Wall Street Journal, tech blog Recode and others reported the death threats, citing unidentified people.
The FCC confirmed his withdrawal, but spokesman Brian Hart says the agency doesn’t comment on security measures or concerns.
Why worry about “death threats”. Everyone seems to get them but no one dies. I doubt he received any. He’s skipping the CES because he’d be about as welcome there as a Ruth’s Cris chef at a vegan show. They don’t want him there. No one wants to kill him. That’s just cowardly yak. They don’t like him and don’t want him in their joint. So he’s not going.
I remember a million years ago, our local paper cancelled the comic strip Nancy. They were stunned because they got 10 times more mail over that than any issue or change ever.
Peoples’ cable bills and movie speeds matter more than any of Trump’s collusion to most Americans. Dems should harp on this a lot this year.
I don’t think you’ll see much of Mr. Pai’s work this year. There’s an election coming up and you can bet he made a deal with the TelCo’s not to jump on this and give Democrats examples to use in the fall. 2018 is when this stuff goes hot.
Another toxic, turd-in-a-punch bowl Trump sycophant doing the exact opposite of what the American people want.
Like he didn’t know there would be a push back?
Good. He deserves it.