{"id":115138,"date":"2019-01-30T16:53:06","date_gmt":"2019-01-30T20:53:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=115138"},"modified":"2019-01-30T17:02:54","modified_gmt":"2019-01-30T21:02:54","slug":"why-is-ex-fcc-chair-tom-wheeler-pushing-the-5g-roll-out-with-such-a-vengeance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=115138","title":{"rendered":"Why is ex-FCC Chair Tom Wheeler pushing the 5G roll-out with such a vengeance?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Former FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler Now Wants Us to Feel Sorry for Big Tech<\/h1>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content clearfix\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.activistpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/2rw3ao.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-181051\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-181051 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.activistpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/2rw3ao.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 798px) 100vw, 798px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.activistpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/2rw3ao.jpg 798w, https:\/\/www.activistpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/2rw3ao-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.activistpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/2rw3ao-768x481.jpg 768w\" alt=\"\" width=\"798\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>By\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.activistpost.com\/tag\/bn-frank\">B.N. Frank<\/a><br \/>\nActivist Post<\/p>\n<p>Former FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=0tldh2B1-CQ\">worked many years for Big Tech<\/a>\u00a0before working at the FCC.\u00a0 When he left the FCC, he immediately went back to work again for Big Tech.\u00a0 Many would consider Tom to be part of \u201cThe Swamp\u201d that Trump promised to drain.<\/p>\n<p>This week, Tom has been very busy writing and publishing op-eds trying to make everyone feel sorry for Big Tech.\u00a0 Of course, this is his job and he\u2019s probably paid handsomely for it.\u00a0 However, he\u2019s coming across even smarmier than usual considering the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.activistpost.com\/2019\/01\/legislation-introduced-to-restore-local-control-over-5g-small-cell-installation.html\">increasing widespread opposition to 5G small cell installation<\/a>\u00a0being\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.activistpost.com\/2019\/01\/despite-fcc-rules-preempting-local-control-over-cell-towers-u-s-communities-still-fighting-installation-and-sometimes-winning.html\">forced on communities and rural areas<\/a>\u00a0across the U.S.<\/p>\n<p><em>Activist Post<\/em>\u00a0published an article about Tom\u2019s\u00a0<em>New York Times<\/em>\u00a0op-ed published on Monday:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.activistpost.com\/2019\/01\/former-fcc-chair-wants-to-know-why-5g-isnt-secure-still-doesnt-care-that-5g-radiation-exposure-isnt-safe.html\">\u201cFormer FCC Chair Wants to Know Why 5G Isn\u2019t Secure. Still Doesn\u2019t Care That 5G Radiation Exposure Isn\u2019t Safe\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Tom wrote another op-ed which was published yesterday:<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.brookings.edu\/blog\/techtank\/2019\/01\/22\/government-shutdown-halts-the-trump-fccs-deregulation-agenda\/\">Government shutdown halts the Trump FCC\u2019s deregulation agenda<\/a>\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I highly recommend you read this in its entirety but only when you have time to take a shower immediately afterwards.<\/p>\n<p>Stay classy, Tom.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nWmYXUMLFpM\" width=\"777\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uARxqZT4P4o\" width=\"777\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SPa0H_6Jv_E\" width=\"777\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.activistpost.com\/2019\/01\/former-fcc-chairman-tom-wheeler-now-wants-us-to-feel-sorry-for-big-tech.html?utm_source=Activist+Post+Subscribers&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=8d2bac6626-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&amp;utm_term=0_b0c7fb76bd-8d2bac6626-387756237\">https:\/\/www.activistpost.com\/2019\/01\/former-fcc-chairman-tom-wheeler-now-wants-us-to-feel-sorry-for-big-tech.html?utm_source=Activist+Post+Subscribers&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=8d2bac6626-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&amp;utm_term=0_b0c7fb76bd-8d2bac6626-387756237<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"text-39\" class=\"sb-widget post-ad post-ad-2 widget_text\">\n<div class=\"textwidget\">\n<div id=\"ld-6215-6164\"><\/div>\n<div align=\"left\">\n<h4>F<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler Now Wants Us to Feel Sorry for Big Tech<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-115138","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115138","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=115138"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115138\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=115138"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=115138"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=115138"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}