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FCC Chairman Wheeler defends data rules in farewell, prepares to join Aspen Institute

By Rick Weber / January 13, 2017

Federal Communications Commission Chairman Thomas Wheeler issued a full-throttled defense of the commission's cybersecurity regulations in his final public address today at the Aspen Institute, where he will become a research fellow when he leaves office next week with the swearing in of President Trump.

Wheeler defended the rules and the commission's open-access order for the internet as part of a wide-ranging speech that praised his staff for their accomplishments over the past three years, and challenged opponents who...


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