Promoting Digital Innovation and Opportunity Through Market Forces

Ajit Pai, chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, discusses current issues facing regulators, including developing 5G networks, fighting robocalls and addressing the rural-urban digital divide. UVA Law professor Tom Nachbar introduced Pai. (University of Virginia School of Law, April 22, 2019)

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7:00 Technological Advancement has been amazing
8:10 Closing The Digital Divide (Providing Digital Opportunity)
9:35 Tech. Dead Zones
10:43 (1) Regulatory Monetization (building broadband networks is expensive)
(2) Universal Service Fund
5G
12:49 Questions
- 5G
- 15:29 Monitoring Health, AI, Machine Learning
- 20:17 Regulatory Reviews and Regulatory Barriers
- 24:30, 25:52 National Security 27:17 Working with our allies
- 28:16 Net Neutrality (Free and Open Internet. 30:25 Market based approach) 31:20 Congress could get this done
- 32:38 Why rely on Verizon?
- 36:30 Subsidizing competitors Subsidizing Dead Zones
- 39:57 Waikiki. Robo Calls (Digital Phone Prints. Large Fines for Robo Callers)
- 44:03 Phone Number Changes. Reassigned Phone number database
- 45:28 More of a SEC or FCC Issue?
- 46:46 Drawbacks. American Model vs Chinese Model
- 50:30 (1) 1 Sentence Law: 51:13 "Any Technology or Service or Application that is based on the Internet Protocol, IP, can only be
regulated ted by the Federal Government" Privacy vs Federal Premption 53:18 Gigabit opportunity zones
- 54:49 Alex Jones. Junk Mail Folder.
- 57:56 Reign in the tech companies.