Wednesday, February 27, 2019

Former FCC Chair Tom Wheeler Says the Internet Needs Regulation

Remember Tom Wheeler, the guy that was against net neutrality until there was a wave of criticism then he was all for it? Yeah, that guy...he has a book coming out.

It was hard not to fear the worst when President Barack Obama appointed Tom Wheeler as chair of the Federal Communications Commission in 2013. Wheeler was the CEO of the wireless industry group CTIA from 1992 to 2004, and the CEO of the National Cable Television Association from 1979 to 1984. As the agency drafted its net neutrality rules, comedian John Oliver famously compared putting Wheeler in charge of the FCC to hiring a dingo to babysit your kids.