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29 Apr 2024, 12:51 pm by Jon Brodkin
The FCC proposed the fines in 2020, when the commission had a Republican majority, and finalized them today. [read post]
29 Apr 2024, 4:15 am by Steve Brachmann
On Thursday, April 25, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) held an open meeting during which the agency’s commissioners voted 3-2 to restore net neutrality rules that reclassifies Internet broadband providers as common carriers, dramatically increasing regulatory oversight on such companies operating in the United States. [read post]
29 Apr 2024, 4:15 am by Steve Brachmann
On Thursday, April 25, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) held an open meeting during which the agency’s commissioners voted 3-2 to restore net neutrality rules that reclassifies Internet broadband providers as common carriers, dramatically increasing regulatory oversight on such companies operating in the United States. [read post]
28 Apr 2024, 8:35 am by David Oxenford and Keenan Adamchak
Perhaps the biggest regulatory news of the past week came not from the FCC, but instead from the Federal Trade Commission. [read post]
Report the Competitor to a Federal or State Regulator On the federal level, this is usually the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), the Federal Communications Commission (FTC), or the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). [read post]
26 Apr 2024, 12:42 pm by e.koltonski
Two years later, the order was repealed by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) during a new administration. [read post]
26 Apr 2024, 7:38 am
            The Court’s conservative super majority wants to reverse its Chevron Doctrine that conditionally supports judicial deference to the expertise resident in agencies such as the Federal Communications Commission. [read post]
26 Apr 2024, 7:38 am
            The Court’s conservative super majority wants to reverse its Chevron Doctrine that conditionally supports judicial deference to the expertise resident in agencies such as the Federal Communications Commission. [read post]
25 Apr 2024, 12:07 pm by Ben Sperry
With yet another net-neutrality order set to take effect (the link is to the draft version circulated before today’s Federal Communications Commission vote; the final version is expected to be published in a few weeks) and to impose common-carriage requirements on broadband internet-access service (BIAS) providers, it is worth considering how the question of whether online platforms (whether they be social media or internet service providers) have the right to… [read post]
25 Apr 2024, 10:12 am by Jon Brodkin
Enlarge / Federal Communication Commission Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel, then a commissioner, rallies against repeal of net neutrality rules in December 2017. [read post]
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC), the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), and states enforce do-not-call (DNC) laws and impose multiple other requirements regarding calling manner, disclosures, consent, opt-out, calling hour limits, caller identification, and telemarketer registration. [read post]
18 Apr 2024, 8:00 am by Stuart N. Brotman
Nationally, the Federal Communications Commission has been empowered by Congress to handle digital discrimination complaints, which provides some remedy for those who find themselves on this new wrong side of the digital divide. [read post]
18 Apr 2024, 6:30 am by Alysa Z. Hutnik
The governor of Maine recently signed an amendment to the state’s telephone solicitation law that will make it mandatory for telephone solicitors to check against the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC’s) reassigned number database “to verify that a consumer’s telephone number has not been reassigned prior to initiating a telephone sales call to that consumer. [read post]
16 Apr 2024, 1:38 pm by Jon Brodkin
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | Yuichiro Chino) Some net neutrality proponents are worried that soon-to-be-approved Federal Communications Commission rules will allow harmful fast lanes because the plan doesn't explicitly ban "positive" discrimination. [read post]
16 Apr 2024, 12:22 pm by Eric Fruits
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has been taking steps to unwind program. [read post]
16 Apr 2024, 11:53 am by Chao Liu
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has released draft rules to reinstate net neutrality, with a vote on adopting the rules to come on the 25th of April. [read post]
10 Apr 2024, 1:45 pm by Jon Brodkin
"Today's nationwide launch of the Broadband Consumer Labels means internet service providers are now required to display consumer-friendly labels at the point of sale," the Federal Communications Commission said. [read post]
8 Apr 2024, 12:39 pm by Jon Brodkin
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | BernardaSv) The Federal Communications Commission chair decided not to impose Universal Service fees on Internet service, rejecting arguments for new assessments to shore up an FCC fund that subsidizes broadband network expansions and provides discounts to low-income consumers. [read post]
8 Apr 2024, 6:16 am by Eric Fruits
The big news in telecommunications policy last week wasn’t really news at all—the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) released its proposed rules to classify broadband internet under Title II of the Communications Act. [read post]