Ajit Pai, former Verizon lawyer turned head of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC), rolled back President Barack Obama’s net neutrality policy in December. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) January 18, 2018 The data war behind net neutrality Roger Kamena, Université TÉLUQ ; Daniel Lemire, and Nicolas Scott, Université de Montréal Repealing net neutrality regulations in the United States will be disastrous for the rest of the world.