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FCC Should Maintain Consistent Spectrum Rules
WASHINGTON D.C. — Today, a group of 17 tech companies and trade associations called on the FCC to maintain a consistent approach in its rules regulating the use of the 3.5 GHz band of spectrum. In 2015, the Federal Communications Commission adopted rules that created the Citizens’ Broadband Radio Service (CBRS), a framework allowing for the commercial use of the 3.5 GHz band in order to expand and improve broadband access without interfering with government use of the ...
June 1, 2017
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Only Congress Can Fix Net Neutrality
WASHINGTON D.C. — Today, the Federal Communications Commission Chairman will vote to seek public comment on the FCC’s legal authority over the Internet. The Notice of Proposed Rulemaking invites comment on reversing the two legal claims that underlay the 2010 and 2015 Open Internet Orders — Section 706 and Title II — and what that would mean for the FCC’s ability to address net neutrality. The NPRM will also consider alternative approaches. The Commission could issue a final ...
May 18, 2017
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Title II Fight Heads to Supreme Court
WASHINGTON D.C. — Today, the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals denied rehearing of last year’s 3-judge panel decision upholding the FCC’s 2015 Open Internet Order. This 109-page decision clears the way for TechFreedom and other parties challenging the Order to take their case to the Supreme Court. Just as Senior Judge Williams (69 pages) dissented vociferously from the panel decision, Judges Brown (47 pages) and Kavanaugh (33 pages) wrote lengthy dissents ...
May 1, 2017
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Pai Addresses Future of Net Neutrality
WASHINGTON D.C. — Today, Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai laid out his vision for how to address demonstrable “net neutrality” concerns without stifling innovation or entrusting the FCC with overly broad powers. Tomorrow, Pai will release the draft text of a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, which Pai will put on the agenda for the Commission’s May 18 Open Meeting. The NPRM will seek comment on reversing the two claims of legal authority that underlay the 2010 ...
April 16, 2017
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Senate Votes to Restore Consistency in Online Privacy Regulation
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, the Senate voted 50-48 to repeal the Federal Communications Commission’s broadband privacy rules, passed on a 3-2 vote in October of 2016 under the previous FCC Chairman, Tom Wheeler. The Congressional Review Act (CRA) allows Congress 60 legislative days to repeal regulations enacted by agencies with simple majority votes in the House and Senate and the President’s signature. Agencies are then prohibited from issuing rules substantially similar to those repealed under ...
March 23, 2017
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‘Dig Once’ & Rights of Way Key to 21st Century Broadband
WASHINGTON, DC — Today, TechFreedom led a coalition letter joined by ITIF, R Street, and the Niskanen Center in support of ‘Dig Once’ and other policies that would make it easier to deploy broadband along federally funded highways. The House Subcommittee on Communications and Technology held a hearing today on this topic, including draft legislation first proposed by Rep. Anna Eshoo (D-CA) and Greg Walden (R-OR) in 2015 that would require installing a conduit during ...
March 21, 2017
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Consumers Deserve Consistent Online Privacy Protection
WASHINGTON D.C. — Yesterday, TechFreedom urged the Federal Communications Commission to return responsibility for overseeing broadband privacy to the Federal Trade Commission, which oversees all other online privacy issues. While resolving underlying questions about the FTC’s legal authority, the FCC should stay the rules it issued last October and, instead, enforce the FCC’s statutory authority directly in a way that parallels the FTC’s approach. The comments state: The ...
March 17, 2017
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Pai Renominated Ahead of Senate FCC Oversight Hearing
WASHINGTON D.C. — Today, the Senate Commerce Committee will hold a hearing on oversight of the Federal Communications Commission. Yesterday, Chairman Ajit Pai was renominated for another term on the FCC. The President designated Pai as chairman on Inauguration Day, which does not require Senate approval, but the Senate must reconfirm Pai for a second term as a commissioner before the end of the year. “Pai’s renomination should be encouraging to anyone concerned ...
March 8, 2017
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