Justice Department
Justice Department Sues Google, Big Tech’s White House Ties, TCPA Compliance Deadline
The lawsuit accuses the company of abusing a monopoly over the technology that controls the digital advertising market.
Athena
GAO on Broadband Subsidy Strategy, Facebook Departure, Advocacy Groups’ Tech Antitrust Push
The federal agency says Congress must develop a new national strategy on broadband programs.
FCC
Coronavirus Roundup: Amdocs Joins CBRS System, FCC Waives Some Lifeline Rules, Groups Want Cheaper Broadband
Amdocs, a software and services provider to communications companies, announced Wednesday that the Federal Communications Commission has authorized its Spectrum Access System be available for commercial deployment within the Citizens Broadband Radio Service. The SAS approval follows FCC review of Am
COVID
The House Meets to Debate Paycheck Protection Act Funds. But Why Can’t Congress Conduct Business Remotely?
April 23, 2020— Congress is “unwilling and unable, but mostly unwilling” to attempt remote voting, said Daniel Schuman, the policy director of Demand Progress, at a webinar hosted by the Cato Institute on Thursday. With congressmen spread across the country practicing social distancing, the answer t
FCC
Broadband Roundup: Advocacy Groups Weigh in Pro-and-Con on Net Neutrality
WASHINGTON, September 17, 2014 – A variety of developments on the battle regarding network neutrality: FreePress Tells FCC Title II Ensures Net Neutrality Protections The advocacy group Free Press blasted Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler’s efforts to use Section 706 of the Tele
Net Neutrality
Broadband Roundup: Senate Announces Hearings on Open Internet, While House Democratcs Urge FCC to Regulate Broadband, and Popular Web Sites Protest ‘Slow Lanes’
WASHINGTON, September 10, 2014 – The Senate Judiciary Committee announced that it had scheduled a hearing next Wednesday on the best means to protect an open internet. Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., said he saw the hearing as an opportunity to hear testimony about his views regarding impor
Broadband Breakfast
‘On the Internet, No One Knows You’re a Child’: The Short Life of Aaron Swartz, at Sundance
On the internet, no one knows you’re a child.
