Net Neutrality
Democratic Lawmakers Show Support for FCC Title II Proposal
The agency is set to vote on the measure next week.
Net Neutrality
The agency is set to vote on the measure next week.
Section 230
A wide range of tech industry associations and civil liberties advocates applauded the decision to leave Section 230 untouched.
Expert Opinion
The Net Neutrality and Broadband Justice Act may harm the ability of broadband infrastructure to grow.
broadband roundup
A bill would have the Commerce Secretary identify categories of personal data that could harm national security if exported.
Section 230
The debate on what government should — or shouldn’t — do with respect to liability protections for platforms continues.
broadband roundup
A Senate Judiciary bill is facing industry criticism on its effectiveness.
FCC
The agency held an open meeting Thursday to hammer out votes on a range of issues.
broadband roundup
Democrats intro device subsidy bill, OneWeb half way to launch goal, Trevor Jones is USTelecom VP of gov. affairs.
china
Experts discuss whether or not international trade agreements will harm or help regulate digital trade between nations
Section 230
June 25, 2020 — Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and former Congressman Chris Cox, authors of Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, joined technology policy journalist Ashley Gold to defend the importance of the law, 25 years after its original passage. “We thought people should be focused on ideas,
Net Neutrality
June 4, 2020 — Sens. Ed Markey, D-Mass., Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., penned a letter to AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson, rebuking him for not counting HBO Max usage against users’ monthly data caps. AT&T owns HBO, a relationship the senators claimed violates the company’s stated
Section 230
June 3, 2020 — The actions that President Donald Trump has taken to punish tech companies for alleged anti-conservative discrimination are radical, said Section 230 co-author Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., in an Aspen Institute webinar Tuesday. Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act protects tech pl
Innovation
WASHINGTON, June 21, 2019 – During a period in which the global trading order for physical goods has been upended by protectionist moves from the Trump administration, one potential bright spot is the “unprecedented opportunity” to create a framework of rules around digital trade, Sen. Ron Wyden, D-
FCC
WASHINGTON, June 12, 2019 – A trio of Democratic senators on Tuesday called for Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to allow a vote on legislation to roll back the Federal Communications Commission’s repeal of network neutrality regulations put in place during the Obama administration. Sens. Ed M
Broadband News
WASHINGTON, May 9, 2018 — Senate Democrats on Wednesday announced plans to invoke a rarely-used Senate procedure to force a floor vote on a bill to roll back the Federal Communications Commission’s repeal of Obama-era regulations preventing internet providers from blocking or throttling internet tra
Broadband Data
WASHINGTON, December 21, 2012 – The Nation Cable and Telecommunications Association, the trade group representing cable operators serving more than 90 percent of the nation’s households, on Friday released a statement criticizing the Data Cap Integrity Act introduced by Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore. “Regre