Ajit Pai’s “Harlem Shake” video preparations must remain secret, FCC says

Enlarge / Ajit Pai does the Harlem Shake in order to prove that the FCC should repeal net neutrality. (credit: Daily Caller) The Federal Communications Commission has denied a public records request that sought emails regarding Chairman Ajit Pai's "Harlem Shake" video. Pai shot the video with the Daily Caller, a conservative news site, just before the December 2017 FCC vote to repeal net neutrality rules. Pai performed the Harlem Shake dance and other hijinks in order to demonstrate that his repeal of net neutrality rules wouldn't prevent Internet users from doing silly things on the Internet. One of Pai's dancing partners was reportedly a proponent of the debunked "Pizzagate" conspiracy theory. Ajit Pai teams up with the Daily Caller. When asked for communications about the video by MuckRock, a public records-focused news site, the FCC refused to make them public. Read 18 remaining paragraphs | Comments source: https://arstechnica.com/?p=1289213 #Headlines by: Jon Brodkin

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