#143: Trump's FCC

Tech Policy Podcast

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4.8 • 45 Ratings

🗓️ 30 November 2016

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

With all eyes on the Trump transition, what does the president-elect’s victory mean for the Federal Communications Commission? The Obama-era FCC has been very active on Internet regulation, passing controversial rules on net neutrality, broadband privacy, and more. Since these regulations were largely passed on 3-2 party-line votes under a Democrat FCC, most observers expect a GOP-controlled agency to reverse Chairman Wheeler’s agenda. What does this mean for consumers? Will net neutrality be repealed and replaced? Will the FCC’s authority be rolled back? Do we even need an FCC at all? Evan and Berin are joined by Tom Struble, Policy Counsel at TechFreedom.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the tech policy podcast. I'm Evan Swartzchrober. On today's show, what will Trump mean for the FCC?
0:12.5	While the Trump campaign was short on details for tech policy, one area where people are pretty clear on is the FCC. There will be a lot of changes coming, in particular,
0:21.7	on net neutrality. Quick recap of what has happened on net neutrality. We've talked about this on
0:26.9	the show before, but back in November of 2014, President Obama spoke out asking the FCC to
0:34.9	reclassify internet providers under Title II of the 1934 Communications Act.
0:39.7	This is essentially utility style rules on broadband, turning them into common carriers,
0:44.1	and putting them under the purview of the FCC.
0:46.5	They voted on that rule in February of 2015, and then it took effect in June of that year.
0:53.3	And since then, those are the rules that have been on the books.
0:55.7	But most people expect that those things are going to be changing under Trump's FCC.
0:59.6	So joining me to discuss this is the frontrunner for FCC chairman Baron Stoker,
1:04.3	who's also currently president of Tech Freedom.
1:06.5	We'll see how much longer that lasts.
1:08.6	And Tom Struble, policy council at Tech Freedom, who knows if he would end up being in the FCC?
1:14.2	I mean, it's too early to tell.
1:16.0	There's a lot of speculation.
1:17.4	But gentlemen, thanks for joining the show.
1:19.3	Happy to be here.
1:20.3	Yeah, thanks for having us.
1:21.5	And, of course, in all seriousness, there is a lot of speculation out there about who will be the FCC chairman.
1:27.2	That's not what we're talking
1:28.0	about on the show today. We're talking about policy. So, Baron, I'll start with you. What's going to
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