Ajit Pai’s newest argument against net neutrality is a hit with the alt-right
“When it comes to an open Internet, Twitter is part of the problem,” said Pai this week at R Street Institute, a libertarian think tank. “The company has a viewpoint, and uses that viewpoint to discriminate.”
Pai recently set announced a vote to repeal net neutrality, an Obama-era regulation that designated the internet a public utility, preventing internet service providers from charging more for access to certain sites or types of content. He is apparently more concerned with Twitter’s temporary removal of an offensive ad by Rep. Marsha Blackburn, a Tennessee Republican running for the Senate. “And to say the least, the company appears to have a double standard when it comes to suspending or deverifying conservative users’ accounts as opposed to those of liberal users,” he said at the R Street event. “This conduct is many things, but it isn’t fighting for an open Internet.”
