U.S. FCC chairman plans fast-track repeal of net neutrality: sourcesWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The chairman of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission is moving quickly to replace the Obama administration’s landmark net neutrality rules and wants internet service providers to voluntarily agree to maintain an open internet, three sources briefed on the meeting said Thursday. FCC Chairman Ajit Pai, a Republican appointed by President Donald Trump, met on Tuesday with major telecommunications trade groups to discuss his preliminary plan to reverse the rules, the sources said. The FCC declined to comment but Pai previously said he is committed to ensuring an open internet but feels net neutrality was a mistake. The rules approved by the FCC under Democratic President Barack Obama in early 2015 prohibited broadband providers from giving or selling access to speedy internet, essentially a “fast lane”, to certain internet services over others. As part of that change, the FCC reclassified internet service providers much like utilities. Pai wants to overturn that reclassification, but wants internet providers to voluntarily agree to not obstruct or slow consumer access to web content, two officials said late Tuesday. The officials briefed on the meeting said Pai suggested companies commit in writing to open internet principles and including them in their terms of service, which would make them binding. It is unclear if regulators could legally compel internet providers to adopt open internet principles without existing net neutrality rules. As part of that move, the Federal Trade Commission would assume oversight of ensuring compliance. Three sources said Pai plans to unveil his proposal to overturn the rules as early as late April and it could face an initial vote in May or June.  Internet providers like AT&T Inc, Verizon Communications Inc and Comcast Corp have argued net neutrality rules would make it harder to manage internet traffic and investment in additional capacity less likely. Websites worry that without the rules they might lose access to customers. AT&T and major trade groups sued the FCC in 2015 over the net neutrality rules.      Democrats and privacy advocates say net neutrality is crucial to keeping the internet open. Pai in December predicted that net neutrality’s days were numbered. He told Reuters in February he believes “in a free and open internet and the only question is what regulatory framework best secures that.” Pai and congressional Republicans have moved quickly to dismantle Obama-era telecommunications rules. Trump on Monday signed a repeal of Obama-era broadband privacy rules a victory for internet service providers and a blow to privacy advocates. Politico Pro reported some details of the meeting with trade groups on Thursday. politicsNews
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Your task is to classify the provided input as real or fake news. Label 0 is meant for fake news, Label 1 is for real news. TEXT: U.S. FCC chairman plans fast-track repeal of net neutrality: sourcesWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The chairman of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission is moving quickly to replace the Obama administration’s landmark net neutrality rules and wants internet service providers to voluntarily agree to maintain an open internet, three sources briefed on the meeting said Thursday. FCC Chairman Ajit Pai, a Republican appointed by President Donald Trump, met on Tuesday with major telecommunications trade groups to discuss his preliminary plan to reverse the rules, the sources said. The FCC declined to comment but Pai previously said he is committed to ensuring an open internet but feels net neutrality was a mistake. The rules approved by the FCC under Democratic President Barack Obama in early 2015 prohibited broadband providers from giving or selling access to speedy internet, essentially a “fast lane”, to certain internet services over others. As part of that change, the FCC reclassified internet service providers much like utilities. Pai wants to overturn that reclassification, but wants internet providers to voluntarily agree to not obstruct or slow consumer access to web content, two officials said late Tuesday. The officials briefed on the meeting said Pai suggested companies commit in writing to open internet principles and including them in their terms of service, which would make them binding. It is unclear if regulators could legally compel internet providers to adopt open internet principles without existing net neutrality rules. As part of that move, the Federal Trade Commission would assume oversight of ensuring compliance. Three sources said Pai plans to unveil his proposal to overturn the rules as early as late April and it could face an initial vote in May or June.  Internet providers like AT&T Inc, Verizon Communications Inc and Comcast Corp have argued net neutrality rules would make it harder to manage internet traffic and investment in additional capacity less likely. Websites worry that without the rules they might lose access to customers. AT&T and major trade groups sued the FCC in 2015 over the net neutrality rules.      Democrats and privacy advocates say net neutrality is crucial to keeping the internet open. Pai in December predicted that net neutrality’s days were numbered. He told Reuters in February he believes “in a free and open internet and the only question is what regulatory framework best secures that.” Pai and congressional Republicans have moved quickly to dismantle Obama-era telecommunications rules. Trump on Monday signed a repeal of Obama-era broadband privacy rules a victory for internet service providers and a blow to privacy advocates. Politico Pro reported some details of the meeting with trade groups on Thursday. politicsNews
Your task is to classify the provided input as real or fake news. Label 0 is meant for fake news, Label 1 is for real news. TEXT: fcc chairman plans repeal net neutrality sourceswashington reuters the chairman federal communications commission moving quickly replace obama administration landmark net neutrality rules wants internet service providers voluntarily agree maintain open internet three sources briefed meeting said thursday fcc chairman ait pai republican appointed president donald trump met tuesday major telecommunications trade groups discuss preliminary plan reverse rules sources said the fcc declined comment pai previously said committed ensuring open internet feels net neutrality mistake the rules approved fcc democratic president barack obama early prohibited broadband providers giving selling access speedy internet essentially fast lane certain internet services others as part change fcc reclassified internet service providers much like utilities pai wants overturn classification wants internet providers voluntarily agree obstruct slow consumer access web content two officials said late tuesday the officials briefed meeting said pai suggested companies commit writing open internet principles including terms service would make binding it unclear regulators could legally compel internet providers adopt open internet principles without existing net neutrality rules as part move federal trade commission would assume oversight ensuring compliance three sources said pai plans unveil proposal overturn rules early late april could face initial vote may june internet providers like at t inc verizon communications inc comcast corp argued net neutrality rules would make harder manage internet traffic investment additional capacity less likely websites worry without rules might lose access customers at t major trade groups sued fcc net neutrality rules democrats privacy advocates say net neutrality crucial keeping internet open pai december predicted net neutrality days numbered he told reuters february believes free open internet question regulatory framework best secures pai congressional republicans moved quickly dismantle telecommunications rules trump monday signed repeal broadband privacy rules victory internet service providers blow privacy advocates politico pro reported details meeting trade groups thursday politicsnews