#5yrsago The UK’s company registry finally prosecuted someone for setting up a fraudulent company, but it’s a #whistleblower who told them he did it https://twitter.com/OliverBullough/status/985574754420654080

#5yrsago Nova Scotia filled its public Freedom of Information Archive with citizens’ private data, then arrested the teen who discovered it https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/freedom-of-information-request-privacy-breach-teen-speaks-out-1.4621970

#5yrsago #AjitPai made Elizabeth Pierce his “broadband advisor,” and now she’s been arrested for a $250,000,000 fraud https://www.theverge.com/2018/4/16/17245010/elizabeth-pierce-fraud-charges-bdac-fcc-ajit-pai

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He's back. #AjitPai re-appears as a lobbyist opposing disclosure requirements for foreign investors in US #telecom companies. https://broadbandbreakfast.com/2023/04/ajit-pai-investment-firm-concerned-about-fccs-foreign-reporting-threshold-proposal/

#5yrsago American banks’ secret #subprime exposure stretches into the billions https://wolfstreet.com/2018/04/11/how-much-are-banks-exposed-to-subprime-more-than-we-think/

#5yrsago Wisconsin clears the way for #Foxconn by bulldozing working peoples’ homes and paying them pennies on the dollar https://beltmag.com/blighted-by-foxconn/

#5yrsago Between Trump, #AjitPai and a GOP Congress, there’s never been a better time for a terrible Sprint/T-Mobile merger https://www.techdirt.com/2018/04/11/competition-killing-sprint-t-mobile-merger-nobody-asked-is-back-menu/

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#5yrsago #AltLabor: new, ungovernable red-state labor movements, led by teachers https://theweek.com/articles/764828/teacher-strikes-could-future-alt-labor

#5yrsago #Waze turned the nearly undriveable, fifth-steepest hill in America into a disaster-strewn major thoroughfare https://www.latimes.com/local/california/la-me-lopez-echo-park-traffic-20180404-story.html

#5yrsago #Facebook is unfixable. We need a nonprofit, public-spirited replacement. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/03/opinion/facebook-fix-replace.html

#5yrsago #FCC refuses public records request about #AjitPai’s monumentally unfunny “comedy” videos https://www.vice.com/en/article/gymdn7/fcc-wont-release-harlem-shake-emails

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#5yrsago Even the telco industry thinks #AjitPai is an asshole for maiming #Lifeline, a broadband subsidy for poor Americans https://www.techdirt.com/2018/04/03/fcc-boss-under-fire-facts-optional-attack-low-income-broadband-programs/

#5yrsago Analysis of all the elections since Trump produces no clear answers on the class and suburban/urban correlates of flippability https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/be-skeptical-of-anyone-who-tells-you-they-know-how-democrats-can-win-in-november/

#5yrsago #AlexJones falsely accused a guy of being the Parkland school shooter, so now he’s being sued for more than $1,000,000 https://www.thedailybeast.com/falsely-accused-parkland-school-shooter-sues-alex-jones-infowars-for-defamation/

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#5yrsago #Adblock will cache popular Javascript libraries, meaning adblocked pages will be faster and less janky https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/software/adblock-adds-feature-to-cache-popular-javascript-libraries/

#5yrsago #AjitPai forced to return the gun the NRA gave him as a prize for his neutracidal rampage https://www.politico.com/story/2018/03/01/fccs-aji-pai-declines-nra-gun-award-381975

#5yrsago #FrenchPolynesia says it didn’t renew its deal with the #Seasteaders, a group of #libertarian separatists https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/351420/french-polynesia-sinks-floating-island-project

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@GatekeepKen
that's the commission, I think. Boot licker #ajitpai used to run

Fox is clearly not knews. I would think revoking their license to broadcast is legit but #louisdejoy is still running the post office and a whole bunch of #seditioustraitors hold committee chairmanships in Congress

#AjitPai was one of the most singularly corrupt, inept, and smarmy little pustules on the colon of the species.

#5yrsago #AjitPai made a funny: leaked video shows his presentation at the Telecom Prom where he “pretends” to be a Verizon shill https://gizmodo.com/leaked-video-shows-fcc-chair-ajit-pai-roasting-himself-1821134881

#5yrsago Bigots who swore their religious beliefs would force them to divorce if Australia passed marriage equality renege on promise https://junkee.com/marriage-equality-couple-divorce/138460

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#Verizon customers: Please be aware that #AjitPai (the scumbag who chaired the #FCC under #Trump & killed #netneutrality as well as pushed many statewide bans on municipal broadband) came from VZ (one of the main anti-netneutrality telcos). #boycott Verizon.

FCC Chairman Ajit Pai to Exit Commission After President-Elect Biden Takes Office

The biggest controversy under Pai’s tenure at the FCC helm was the commission’s December 2017 vote along party lines to repeal net neutrality, the standard that barred internet service providers from creating “fast lanes” for certain content companies or blocking or throttling content. With Democrats taking control of the FCC, the agency’s net neutrality order is expected to be swiftly reinstated. ...

https://variety.com/2020/digital/news/fcc-ajit-pai-leave-january-2021-biden-president-1234842166/

HN discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25255157

#AjitPai #FCC #TelcoRegulation #NetNeutrality #Section230 #DigitalDivide

Senators Prod FCC to Act on SIM Swapping https://krebsonsecurity.com/2020/01/senators-prod-fcc-to-act-on-sim-swapping/ #U.S.FederalCommunicationsCommission #NicholasTruglia #MichaelTerpin #EdwardMarkey #SherrodBrown #YvetteClarke #SIMSwapping #SIMswapping #AnnaEshoo #RonWyden #AjitPai #TedLieu #FCC

Senators Prod FCC to Act on SIM Swapping - Crooks have stolen tens of millions of dollars and other valuable commodities from thousands of cons... more: https://krebsonsecurity.com/2020/01/senators-prod-fcc-to-act-on-sim-swapping/ #u.s.federalcommunicationscommission #nicholastruglia #michaelterpin #edwardmarkey #sherrodbrown #yvetteclarke #simswapping #annaeshoo #ronwyden #ajitpai #tedlieu #fcc

Is #AjitPai malicious, incompetent, or both? https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/investigations/2019/11/05/under-trump-millions-poor-lose-cellphone-service/2482112001/ via @USATODAY@twitter.com

The man who could doom #netneutrality: #AjitPai ignores outcry from all sides | #Technology | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/dec/07/net-neutrality-fcc-ajit-pai

#AjitPai: the man who could destroy the open #internet | #Technology | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/jul/12/ajit-pai-fcc-net-neutrality-open-internet

#NetNeutrality