Democrats press Brett Kavanaugh over net neutrality at hearing

Democrats press Brett Kavanaugh over net neutrality at hearing

Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) grilled Supreme Court justice nominee Brett Kavanaugh about his views on net neutrality, a week after Democrats argued that he would “cripple” internet protections for “decades to come.” The senator, who has been vocal in her support for net neutrality protections, asked Kavanaugh about a dissent he wrote in 2017 as a judge in the U.S. Court … Read more

Ajit Pai questioned by senator about FCC’s debunked DDoS claims

Ajit Pai questioned by senator about FCC’s debunked DDoS claims

Sen. Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) grilled Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Ajit Pai on Tuesday about the agency’s insistence that a distributed-denial-of-service (DDoS) attack occurred ahead of its controversial net neutrality vote last year. Until last week, the FCC had claimed it was subjected to a DDoS attack that crashed its public comment system shortly after … Read more