Big Tech
House Democrats Interrogate TikTok as Montana Moves Toward Complete Ban
TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew’s recent testimony left Congress with more questions than answers.
Big Tech
TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew’s recent testimony left Congress with more questions than answers.
The Secure Space Act and the Satellite and Telecommunications Streamlining Act are scheduled for mark-up on Thursday.
The U.S. must remain a market leader in the satellite sector, said Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone
12 Days of Broadband
The program is helping low-income households afford internet access, but some experts warn that the fund will soon be depleted.
Congress
The spending package includes an extension of the FCC’s auction authority to March 2023.
FCC
The FCC stated that it will lean on the newly mandated broadband nutrition labels.
FTC
The agency is proposing to use its own authority to regulate tech platforms for their ‘commercial surveillance’.
The Federal Communications Commission’s reallocation of intelligent transportation service spectrum was not arbitrary and capricious, the court held.
Broadband's Impact
Bill aims to strengthen American self-reliance in semiconductor chip production and international competition.
Privacy
The American Data Privacy and Protection Act said to be years in the making.
Privacy
The bill is bipartisan, and a joint effort between the House Energy and Commerce Committee and the Senate Commerce Committee.
Funding
Though most groups issued their support, others voiced reservations.
FCC
The House passed bills about spectrum coordination and the FCC collecting maternal mortality and morbidity data.
Funding
Legislators want broadband networks reach as many people as possible, but didn’t specify how NTIA should do this.
Section 230
March 26, 2021 – The heads of the largest social media companies largely defended their platforms, reiterated what they’ve done, and offered few solutions to the problems that ail them during a congressional hearing Thursday. But, under harsh questioning from the House Energy and Commerce Committee,
Privacy
March 11, 2021 – House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, D-N.J., on Thursday called for an update to the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act at subcommittee hearing on “Kids Online During COVID: Child Safety in an Increasingly Digital Age.” “The challenges children face onli