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y life and education 2 career 3 policy positions toggle policy positions subsection 3 1 net neutrality in the united states 3 2 prison inmate telephone calling costs 3 3 lifeline program 3 4 sinclair broadcast group 3 5 l band 5g networking 3 6 section 230 4 harassment claims 5 references 6 external links toggle the table of contents ajit pai 13 languages العربية مصرى deutsch فارسی suomi français हिन्दी norsk bokmål português scots simple english svenska tiếng việt edit links article talk english read edit view history tools tools move to sidebar hide actions read edit view history general what links here related changes upload file permanent link page information cite this page get shortened url switch to legacy parser print export download as pdf printable version in other projects wikimedia commons wikidata item appearance move to sidebar hide checked from wikipedia the free encyclopedia page version status this is an accepted version of this page this is the latest accepted revision reviewed on 3 october 2026 american lawyer born 1973 this article is about the fcc commissioner for the cricketer see ajit pai cricketer ajit pai official portrait 2018 chair of the federal communications commission in office january 23 2017 january 20 2021 president donald trump preceded by tom wheeler succeeded by jessica rosenworcel member of the federal communications commission in office may 14 2012 january 20 2021 president barack obama donald trump preceded by meredith attwell baker succeeded by anna m gomez personal details born ajit varadaraj pai 1973 01 10 january 10 1973 age 53 buffalo new york u s party republican children 2 education harvard university ba university of chicago jd ajit varadaraj pai ə ˈ dʒ iː t ˈ p aɪ 1 born january 10 1973 is an american lawyer who served as chairman of the federal communications commission fcc from 2017 to 2021 he became a partner at the private equity firm searchlight capital in april 2021 2 he became the president and chief executive officer ceo of ctia on april 1 2025 3 the son of konkani indian immigrants to the united states pai grew up in parsons kansas 4 he is a graduate of both harvard university and the university of chicago law school he worked as a lawyer in various offices of the u s department of justice and the u s senate judiciary committee with a two year stint as an in house lawyer for verizon communications he joined the fcc as a lawyer in its office of general counsel in 2007 he was nominated to be a commissioner in 2011 by president barack obama who followed tradition in preserving balance on the commission by accepting the recommendation of senate majority leader mitch mcconnell 5 he was confirmed unanimously by the u s senate on may 7 2012 6 and was sworn in on may 14 2012 for a five year term 7 in january 2017 newly inaugurated president donald trump designated pai as fcc chairman 8 9 he is the first indian american to hold the office in march 2017 trump announced that he would renominate pai to serve another five year term remaining chairman of the fcc 10 pai was confirmed by the u s senate for an additional five year term on october 2 2017 11 pai is a proponent of repealing net neutrality in the united states and on december 14 2017 voted with the majority of the fcc to reverse the decision to regulate the internet under title ii of the communications act of 1934 pai resigned on january 20 2021 the day of joe biden s inauguration as president of the united states 12 early life and education edit pai was born on january 10 1973 13 in buffalo new york 14 his father varadaraj pai and his mother radha pai immigrated to the united states from india in 1971 his father was a urologist and his mother was an anesthesiologist 15 16 17 18 19 he is of konkani descent 4 pai grew up in parsons kansas where his parents worked at the county hospital after graduating from parsons senior high school in 1990 pai studied social studies at harvard university where he was a member of the harvard speech and parliamentary debate society 20 he graduated from harvard in 1994 with an b a with honors he then attended the university of chicago law school where he was an editor of the university of chicago law review and won a mulroy prize for excellence in evidence law 21 he graduated with a j d in 1997 career edit this section needs more citations please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources unsourced material may be challenged and removed find sources ajit pai news newspapers books scholar jstor october 2024 learn how and when to remove this message after law school pai clerked for judge martin leach cross feldman of the u s district court for the eastern district of louisiana from 1997 to 1998 6 pai then worked for the antitrust division of the u s department of justice as an honors program trial attorney on the telecommunications task force there he worked on proposed mergers and acquisitions and on novel requests for regulatory relief following the enactment of the telecommunications act of 1996 pai left his department of justice post in february 2001 to serve as associate general counsel at verizon communications inc where he handled competition matters regulatory issues and counseling of business units on broadband initiatives 6 pai left verizon in april 2003 and was hired as deputy chief counsel to the united states senate judiciary committee s subcommittee on administrative oversight and the courts he returned to the department of justice to serve as senior counsel in the office of legal policy in may 2004 he held that position until february 2005 when he was hired as chief counsel to the subcommittee on the constitution civil rights and property rights between 2007 and 2011 pai held several positions in the fcc s office of general counsel serving most prominently as deputy general counsel in this role he had supervisory responsibility over several dozen lawyers in the administrative law division and worked on a wide variety of regulatory and transactional matters involving the wireless wireline cable internet media and satellite industries 6 in 2010 pai was one of 55 individuals nationwide chosen for the 2011 marshall memorial fellowship a leadership development initiative of the german marshall fund of the united states 6 pai returned to the private sector in april 2011 working in the washington d c office of law firm jenner block where he was a partner in the communications practice in 2011 pai was then nominated for a republican party position on the federal communications commission by president barack obama at the recommendation of minority leader mitch mcconnell 22 he was confirmed unanimously by the united states senate on may 7 2012 and was sworn in on may 14 2012 for a term that concluded on june 30 2016 6 pai was then designated chairman of the fcc by president donald trump in january 2017 for a five year term 23 he was confirmed by the u s senate for the additional five year term on october 2 2017 11 in 2019 he was named forty seventh among the 100 most influential people in healthcare by modern healthcare 24 he resigned from his post on 20 january 2021 following the inauguration of joe biden as president of the united states 25 in april 2025 he became president and ceo of wireless industry lobby group ctia 26 policy positions edit pai was an advocate for less regulation during his tenure on the fcc he was seen as a closer ally to broadcasters than to other members of the fcc 27 in testimony before the u s house of representatives energy and commerce committee s subcommittee on communications and technology on july 10 2012 he warned about the dangers of regulatory uncertainty and the need for the fcc to keep pace with the dynamic communications sector 28 pai also asserted that by reforming the way the commission works the agency can facilitate the provision of new and better services at lower prices for american consumers 28 pai gave his first major speech since taking office at carnegie mellon university on july 18 2012 he discussed how the fcc can help promote economic growth and enhance job creation in the information and communications technology field 29 by adhering to three basic principles 1 the fcc should be as nimble as the industry it oversees 2 the fcc should prioritize the removal of regulatory barriers to infrastructure investment and 3 the fcc should accelerate its efforts to allocate additional spectrum for mobile broadband 30 pai called for a reinvigoration of section 7 of the communications act which gives the commission a one year deadline to review proposals for new technologies and services he introduced the idea of creating an ip transition task force to expedite the country s transition to all ip networks he urged the commission to settle the nine year old contributions reform proceeding for the universal service fund by the end of the year finally he advocated for completing the rules for the aws 4 spectrum band by september 2012 and conducting the broadcast spectrum incentive auctions by june 30 2014 30 pai wrote an op ed for the wall street journal in 2014 criticizing a proposed fcc study of the news gathering practices of media organizations 31 32 in another 2014 letter pai criticized netflix writing that their open connect caching tools effectively secure fast lanes for its traffic 33 in october 2014 pai wrote an op ed in the washington post criticizing a government funded research project named truthy at indiana university which was studying the spread of false and misleading ideas hate speech and subversive propaganda online 34 pai questioned the value of the project writing should taxpayer money be used to monitor your speech and evaluate your partisanship truthy researchers defended the project writing we do not monitor individual people the tweets we analyze are public and accessible by anyone 35 indiana university issued a press release which said the truthy project is a basic computing research project designed to provide analytical insight into the ways in which information is spread across social media networks such as twitter 36 u s house science committee chairman lamar smith sent a letter to the national science foundation announcing a review of the grant 37 in 2017 pai removed from circulation a proposal introduced by tom wheeler which would have required cable providers to make their programming available on third party devices 38 39 in june 2019 the fcc under pai allowed telecommunications companies to automatically sign up their users in call blocking services the measure was proposed by pai who said that it would reduce unwanted robocalls in response fcc commissioner jessica rosenworcel argued that the fcc should go further in mandating free call blocking services 40 in july 2020 the fcc under pai approved the creation of a new number 9 8 8 for the hotline for suicide prevention the old hotline was numbered 1 800 273 8255 while the new hotline came into effect in july 2022 41 42 net neutrality in the united states edit main article net neutrality in the united states in a hearing on net neutrality in 2014 pai said that he was committed to a free and open internet and that it was not the fcc s role to determine net neutrality he testified that a dispute this fundamental is not for us five unelected individuals to decide instead it should be resolved by the people s elected representatives those who choose the direction of government and those whom the american people can hold accountable for that choice 43 later pai voted against the fcc s 2015 open internet order classifying internet service under title ii of the communications act of 1934 which bars certain providers from mak ing any unjust or unreasonable discrimination in charges practices classifications regulations facilities or services 44 45 he said in december 2016 that he believed title ii net neutrality s days were numbered 46 and was described by the new york times as a stickler for strict application of telecommunications law and limits on the fcc s authority in a speech two weeks before the fcc s scheduled december 2017 vote on net neutrality pai was critical of celebrities including cher mark ruffalo and alyssa milano for boosting opposition to the planned repeal in response to criticism from ruffalo pai said getting rid of government authority over the internet is the exact opposite of authoritarianism government control is the defining feature of authoritarians including the one in north korea 47 pai said twitter and other tech companies were hypocritical for arguing for a free and open internet while according to pai such companies routinely block or discriminate against content they don t like 48 49 the day before the fcc s scheduled vote on net neutrality pai appeared in a video entitled ajit pai wants the internet to know you can still harlem shake after net neutrality 50 the controversial video showed him dancing to the harlem shake and buying products online including a toy lightsaber in the video pai is shown dancing next to martina markota a proponent of the pizzagate conspiracy theory and a staff member at the daily caller the media outlet that produced the video in response to the video star wars actor mark hamill said pai was unworthy of holding the jedi weapon as a jedi acts selflessly for the common man 50 51 baauer the creator of the song featured in the video threatened to take legal action against pai alongside his record label for pai s use of the song in his video 52 as chairman he also closed an investigation into zero rating practices by wireless providers t mobile at t and verizon 53 on may 18 2017 the federal communications commission took the first formal step toward dismantling the net neutrality rules 54 and on december 14 2017 voted to reverse title ii regulations after a contentious public comment period 55 56 in february 2018 the national rifle association of america nra awarded pai with the charlton heston courage under fire award for repealing net neutrality rules despite facing heavy public criticism 57 as part of the award a handmade kentucky long gun was gifted to pai this gift caused former white house ethics attorney walter shaub to question if pai a federal employee had violated ethics rules by accepting gifts from lobbyists such as the nra 58 59 pai ultimately refused the gift 60 when the u s senate voted by 52 47 to put the federal communications commission s net neutrality rules back in place in may 2018 pai was said to be upset stating having no net neutrality rules will help promote digital opportunity while making high speed internet access available to every single american regarding democrats effort to reinstate heavy handed government regulation of the internet ajit pai conceded it would fail in the house 61 62 during an investigation of fake comments in support and against net neutrality pai refused to hand over evidence or help new york s attorney general in determining the scope of...