Meet the Media Companies Lobbying Against Transparency
By Justin Elliott ProPublica News organizations cultivate a reputation for demanding transparency, whether by suing for access to government documents, dispatching camera crews to the doorsteps of...
View ArticleMajor media companies lobbying against political ad transparency
News organizations cultivate a reputation for demanding transparency, whether by suing for access to government documents, dispatching camera crews to the doorsteps of recalcitrant politicians, or...
View ArticleFCC: Google staff knew of Street View data breach
The Google engineer behind the collection of wireless data by Street View cars told at least two colleagues – including a senior manager – about the controversial plans before it was released, a US...
View ArticleSupreme Court overrules FCC on TV swearing ban
So it turns out you can curse on television – sort of. According to MSNBC, a ruling by the Supreme Court Thursday waived fines and sanctions against ABC and Fox, saying the Federal Communications...
View ArticleIn U.S., 19 million have no access to high-speed Internet
WASHINGTON — Around six percent of the US population, or 19 million people, lack access to high-speed Internet even though deployment has improved in recent years, a government study said Tuesday....
View ArticleFCC launches effort to ease ‘spectrum crunch’
US regulators voted Friday to begin a process to reallocate some of the broadcast spectrum to meet surging demand from smartphones, tablets and other devices that use the wireless Internet. The Federal...
View Article‘Turn that down!’ FCC orders TV ads to lower volume
In the end it took an act of Congress, but US television advertisers are finally required to do something parents have been pleading for for decades: turn down their excessively loud ads. “A small bill...
View ArticleHow to ‘tether’ your PC to your phone
How to 'tether' your PC to your phone (via The Christian Science Monitor) Last year, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) investigated Verizon Wireless for stifling a very useful smart-phone...
View ArticleFCC chairman developing plan for free wireless Internet access: report
The chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is developing a set of proposals that would establish a public wifi network that blankets the country with a high powered signal anyone can...
View ArticleActivists fear return of AT&T ‘monopoly’ in broadband expansion
A plan telecom giant AT&T pitched to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in November to shift from old landline networks to Internet-only communications could dramatically change federal...
View ArticleWhite House and FCC: Legalize smartphone unlocking
In prepared text published to its “We the People” petition website, the White House said Monday that it fully supports legalizing the practice of “unlocking” smartphones so that they can be activated...
View ArticleFederal appeals court to hear oral arguments in net neutrality case next month
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The federal appeals court in Washington on Tuesday set September 9 as the date for oral arguments in the so-called net neutrality case that could be seminal for federal...
View ArticleRepublicans push to overturn ‘net neutrality’ rules
During a Communications and Technology Subcommittee Hearing on Wednesday, House Republicans pushed for a resolution to eliminate ‘net neutrality’ rules recently adopted by the Federal Communications...
View ArticleFCC to set standards for mass disruptions of Americans’ communications
Following an investigation into a public transit authority that cut off mobile phone service amid a protest earlier this year, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) said recently that it would...
View ArticleFCC turns down volume on loud TV ads
WASHINGTON — US telecom regulators ordered television stations on Tuesday to turn down the volume on commercials. “The rules adopted today require that commercials have the same average volume as the...
View ArticleSwearing and nudity: Supreme Court eyes indecency
WASHINGTON — The US Supreme Court questioned whether battling indecency made sense in these times, in a case involving blurted broadcasting of curse words, and TV series’ bare buttocks shots. Justices...
View ArticleFederal appeals court to hear oral arguments in net neutrality case next month
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The federal appeals court in Washington on Tuesday set September 9 as the date for oral arguments in the so-called net neutrality case that could be seminal for federal...
View ArticleU.S. regulators to propose use of cell phones in flight
US telecommunications regulators will consider next month allowing people to use cell phones and other broadband services during flights, officials said Thursday. The proposal would allow people to...
View ArticleMozilla tells FCC: There’s another way to protect net neutrality
Mozilla To FCC: Hey, There’s Another Way To Protect Net Neutrality (via Techdirt) With all the hand-wringing over the FCC and net neutrality, the folks over at Mozilla have jumped into the fray,...
View ArticleFree Press activist: Ted Cruz is confused about what ‘net neutrality’ even means
Texas conservative Sen. Ted Cruz (R) said in a statement on Tuesday that the Federal Communications Commission should be stripped of its ability to regulate net neutrality. “Congress, not an unelected...
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