John Strand

Editor’s note: John Strand is head of international communications consulting firm Strand Consult. LONDON – The Federal Communication Commission (FCC) on Tuesday announced a proposal to make a clean break from harmful, heavy-handed regulation of the Internet and in its place a restoration of the competition-oriented framework under the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). In contrast to 2015 when “The Obama FCC hid its heavy-handed Internet regulation plan from the public until two weeks AFTER the vote. Everyone will be able to read Chairman Pai’s plan to restore Internet freedom tomorrow, more than three weeks BEFORE the vote,” noted FCC...