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The Rubin Report

FCC Chair: Net Neutrality Fears Debunked, Yoda & A 5G Future (Ajit Pai Interview)

The Rubin Report

Emma Dog Productions

News Commentary, News, Politics

4.513.9K Ratings

🗓️ 6 November 2019

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

Dave Rubin of The Rubin Report talks to FCC Chairman Ajit Paiabout his role in leading the FCC. So what exactly is net neutrality? Should we fear 5G? Does Yoda really influence his regulatory decisions? Ajit answers these questions and breaks down what the FCC does, and how his trust of markets guides his decision making process. He explains how markets have been proven to be the best course for tech and his bigger concern is that rules are too burdensome and that they stifle innovation and competition. Ajit explains what net neutrality is and why he did away with net neutrality rules that had been in place three years prior to his decision. Ajit discusses why he thinks a lot of the public and media were in hysterics over the impending repeal of net neutrality and what misunderstandings led to this reaction. He also shares some of his favorite net neutrality doomsday predictions. Will it cost $5 per Tweet? Is it the end of the internet? Will armageddon ensue? It’s been over a year since net neutrality was repealed… and nothing much changed. Chairman Pai also explains why 5Gnetworks are going to increase broadband speeds and help bridge the digital divide as well as the FCC’s role in regulating space. He also gives his thoughts on the publisher vs. platform debate, if the government is even capable of regulating Big Tech, and much more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

I'm Dave Rubin and this is the Rubin Report.

0:06.5

Make sure that you're subscribed and click the notification bell otherwise we're just

0:10.6

talking to ourselves over here.

0:12.5

And joining me today is the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, aka the FCC.

0:19.0

A Jeep high, welcome to the Rubin Report.

0:20.8

Hey, thanks so much for having me on, Dave.

0:22.3

I am thrilled to have you here because I don't know that I've ever had a guest that probably

0:27.3

has more power to do more things relative to the thing that I do than you.

0:33.0

So that's a lot of pressure, my friend.

0:34.7

A lot of pressure, but I hopefully will be able to quit myself well.

0:38.3

We shall see.

0:40.1

Okay, before we do anything else, there is a meme of you.

0:43.6

So I hear you are a mean person because you have a giant mug, a coffee mug of Reese's

0:50.7

pieces logo coffee mug.

0:53.0

And this thing has caught fire on the internet.

0:54.8

How did this even come to pass?

0:56.2

Why do you have this mug?

0:57.3

It's so random.

0:58.3

So about 10 years ago, I was up in Hershey, Pennsylvania with my then girlfriend now wife.

1:01.9

And I love coffee, I love Reese's, peanut butter cups.

1:05.1

And I saw this giant mug and I thought, oh, this is the perfect mind meld.

1:08.6

And so I just bought it.

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