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16 Nov 2016, 1:06 pm by Jon Brodkin
(credit: FCC) The Federal Communications Commission has deleted every major item from the agenda of its monthly meeting, apparently submitting to a request from Republicans to halt major rulemakings until Donald Trump is inaugurated as president. [read post]
1 May 2017, 8:42 am by Jon Brodkin
 After years of fighting the rules in courts of law and public opinion, Verizon is about to get what it wants as the Federal Communications Commission—now led by a former Verizon lawyer—prepares to eliminate the rules and the legal authority that allows them to be enforced. [read post]
12 Oct 2017, 1:55 pm by Jon Brodkin
(credit: Getty Images | Bloomberg) Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai still hasn't publicly responded to President Trump's call for NBC and other networks to have their FCC licenses challenged, and Democratic lawmakers are stepping up the pressure. [read post]
10 Apr 2019, 8:38 am by Jon Brodkin
White House staff on Monday recommended that Trump veto the bill, claiming that the net neutrality repeal spurred new broadband deployment—even though Federal Communications Commission data doesn't actually support that conclusion. [read post]
18 Nov 2010, 8:55 am by Hunton & Williams LLP
  In addition, they further discussed the revisions proposed in the EU Directive on Privacy and Electronic Communications. [read post]
13 Dec 2006, 4:12 am
Which presented an immediate quandary for NBC: If a viewer were somehow to acquire the license to use that Internet domain name, then put something inappropriate on the site, the network could potentially be held liable for appearing to promote it.In a pre-emptive strike inspired as much by the regulations of the Federal Communications Commission as by the laws of comedy, NBC bought the license to hornymanatee.com, for $159, after the taping of the Dec. 4 show but before… [read post]
10 May 2010, 5:20 am by admin
Key House lawmakers May 4 unveiled a long-awaited legislative proposal to regulate online and offline collection and use of personal data by certain businesses, including online advertisers, potentially forcing the Federal Trade Commission’s hand to act in an area it has previously deferred to industry self-regulation. [read post]
12 Jun 2007, 1:55 pm
On June 4, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in favor of broadcasters in a challenge against Federal Communications Commission sanctions for indecent and profane language. [read post]
29 May 2020, 11:40 am by Jon Brodkin
(credit: Getty Images | Bloomberg) Republican Brendan Carr of the Federal Communications Commission is cheering on President Trump's attack on Big Tech this week. [read post]
21 Jul 2022, 12:12 pm by Jon Brodkin
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | peterhowell) Federal Communications Commission Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel has ordered mobile carriers to explain what geolocation data they collect from customers and how they use it. [read post]
20 Dec 2012, 12:55 pm by Timothy B. Lee
His bill empowers the Federal Communications Commission to regulate ISPs' methods for measuring bandwidth usage with an eye to improving their accuracy. [read post]
21 Aug 2014, 6:49 am by Matthew L.M. Fletcher
The Secretarial Commission on Trust Administration and Reform issued its report and recommendations in December, 2013. [read post]
8 Aug 2016, 12:00 pm by Jon Brodkin
" In the process, the feds "discovered financial documents related to a scheme to defraud telephone customers," according to a Federal Communications Commission announcement today. [read post]
2 Jul 2012, 9:24 am by Sheldon Toplitt
FCC (Docket No. 11-698), disappointing media outlets that sought to end restrictions on same-market ownership of television stations and newspapers.Last year, the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit ordered the Federal Communications Commission to revise its media ownership rules after holding an FCC rule change in 2007 had run afoul of the notice and comment requirements of the Administrative Procedure Act ("APA") [5 U.S.C. sec. 551]. [read post]
22 Sep 2007, 8:24 am
The court's Grievance Commission recommended his law license be revoked.The court, in its ruling Friday, agreed.Records show that Blazek entered an Internet chat room in July 2001 from his home in Des Moines and began communicating with someone who identified himself as a 15-year-old named Brian.Blazek arranged to meet "Brian," who was really an undercover police officer from Chicago, at a restaurant in Chicago in October 2002.Blazek was arrested when he arrived at… [read post]
15 Jun 2017, 12:05 pm by Jon Brodkin
Netflix may have heard from net neutrality supporters who were upset that the company pulled back from the debate just as the Federal Communications Commission is seeking to gut rules that Netflix lobbied for. [read post]
16 May 2008, 1:01 am
Meanwhile, an article from Wednesday's Jewish Week suggests that federal indictments against the owners of AgriProcesors could be in the offing. [read post]
31 Jan 2018, 8:05 am by Megan Geuss
But then on Tuesday, the Federal Communications Commission released a preliminary report saying that the employee actually thought the internal announcement of an "exercise" was the real thing because the employee claimed not to have heard the "exercise" portion of the recording, which was followed by another recorded message stating "this is not a drill. [read post]
27 Jun 2019, 9:37 am by Jon Brodkin
As we reported last week, the Federal Communications Commission chair has scheduled a July 10 vote on a measure that would preempt the San Francisco city ordinance, which lets Internet service providers use the existing wiring inside multiunit residential and commercial properties even if the wiring is already used by another ISP that serves the building. [read post]
10 Jan 2023, 11:14 am by Jon Brodkin
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | Matt Anderson Photography) Nevada's US senators say the Federal Communications Commission's new, more detailed broadband maps have tens of thousands of mistakes in their state alone. [read post]