FCC Democrats Set to Move on Net Neutrality, Broadband Subsidies

A Democratic Federal Communications Commission is poised to restore net neutrality rules and move aggressively to expand broadband subsidies amid the pandemic, after Georgia’s runoff election gave Democrats control of the U.S. Senate.

The election results end fears that Senate Republicans would leave the five-member commission evenly split after GOP chairman Ajit Pai departs Jan. 20—and empower Democrats to embark on an ambitious communications policy agenda.

Restoring rules that banned internet service providers including AT&T Inc. and Comcast Corp. from blocking, throttling, or prioritizing certain internet traffic will be high among the Democrats’ goals, agency watchers said.

“The Federal ...