Federal Communications Commissioner Ajit Pai has criticized his agency’s move to classify Internet service providers under Title II, saying it was a “risky reversal of course” and has said the FCC’s recent guidance on broadband privacy generated more confusion than clarity, Broadcasting & Cable reports. Citing the guidance’s statements that “the Enforcement Bureau intends to focus on whether broadband providers are taking reasonable, good-faith steps to comply … rather than focusing on technical details” and “that broadband providers should employ effective privacy protections in line with their privacy policies and core tenets of basic privacy protections,” Pai questioned, " What exactly do broadband providers have to do to comply with the law? I am an FCC Commissioner and a lawyer, and I have no idea.”
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