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Politics: Donald Trump threatens big tariffs on Mexico and Canada.
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Politics: Donald Trump threatens big tariffs on Mexico and Canada.

Slate  

This week, Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson, and David Plotz discuss Donald Trump’s threatened tariffs and his pick for Treasury Secretary; the next Federal Communications Commission Chair and free speech; and the “bro-economy” with The Atlantic’s Annie Lowrey. Here are some notes and references from this week’s show: Jason Douglas, Anthony Harrup, and Jose de Cordoba for The Wall Street Journal: …

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How Trump’s FCC chief pick could make life more difficult for media companies
1 month, 3 weeks ago

How Trump’s FCC chief pick could make life more difficult for media companies

LA Times  

President-elect Donald Trump’s famous hostility to media outlets that criticize him has raised trepidation about his choice for FCC chief. During the election, he jumped on social media when Vice President Kamala Harris appeared on the Nov. 2 episode of NBC’s “Saturday Night Live” to point out that the network also owed an invitation to Trump under the FCC’s equal …

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U.S. President-elect Donald Trump taps big tech critic to lead communications agency
1 month, 3 weeks ago

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump taps big tech critic to lead communications agency

The Hindu  

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump tapped Republican Brendan Carr, an Elon Musk-backed critic of big tech, to lead the Federal Communications Commission, calling him a "warrior for Free Speech" in a statement on Sunday. Mr. Carr has "fought against the regulatory Lawfare that has stifled Americans' Freedoms" and will "end the regulatory onslaught that has been crippling America's Job Creators and …

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Trump appoints Project 2025 author to be chairman of the FCC
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Trump appoints Project 2025 author to be chairman of the FCC

Raw Story  

Donald Trump on Sunday announced that he has nominated a Project 2025 author to be the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission. "Commissioner Carr is a warrior for Free Speech, and has fought against the regulatory Lawfare that has stifled Americans' Freedoms, and held back our economy," Trump said. Trump's statement does not mention Carr's connection to Project 2025, the …

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Trump picks Big Tech critic who wrote ‘Project 2025’ chapter to lead FCC
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Trump picks Big Tech critic who wrote ‘Project 2025’ chapter to lead FCC

Al Jazeera  

United States President-elect Donald Trump has tapped Brendan Carr, a Republican known for his criticism of Big Tech, to lead the Federal Communications Commission. Carr, who has served as an FCC commissioner since 2017, will end the “regulatory onslaught” that has held back job creators and innovators, and ensure that the communications agency delivers for rural areas, Trump said in …

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'The View' abortion ad signals wider effort to use an FCC regulation to spread a message
2 months, 4 weeks ago

'The View' abortion ad signals wider effort to use an FCC regulation to spread a message

The Independent  

Get Nadine White's Race Report newsletter for a fresh perspective on the week's news Get our free newsletter from The Independent's Race Correspondent Get our free newsletter from The Independent's Race Correspondent SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. In a disclaimer that posted onscreen, ABC made clear it was holding …

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FCC official accuses Ron DeSantis of "dangerous" effort to censor pro-choice campaigners in Florida
3 months ago

FCC official accuses Ron DeSantis of "dangerous" effort to censor pro-choice campaigners in Florida

Salon  

Ron DeSantis is threatening to criminally prosecute Florida television stations that have run an pro-choice ad, The Miami Herald reported on Tuesday. On Oct. 3, Florida’s Department of Health sent a letter to at least one local television station threatening criminal charges for airing the ad, journalist Jason Garcia first reported. The letter says the ad is “dangerous” and may …

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How to stop getting all those campaign texts once and for all
4 months ago

How to stop getting all those campaign texts once and for all

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy With another election season comes patriotism, heightened tensions, an in-your-face …

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Column: After a years-long pause, the FCC resurrects ‘network neutrality,’ a boon for consumers
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Column: After a years-long pause, the FCC resurrects ‘network neutrality,’ a boon for consumers

LA Times  

In the midst of its battle to extinguish the Mendocino Complex wildfire in 2018, the Santa Clara County Fire Department discovered that its internet connection provider, Verizon, had throttled their data flow virtually down to zero, cutting off communications for firefighters in the field. The issue the FCC addressed Thursday is most often viewed in the context of “network neutrality.” …

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Net neutrality restored as FCC votes to regulate internet providers
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Net neutrality restored as FCC votes to regulate internet providers

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The FCC on Thursday restored …

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‘Broadband’ definition officially changed as internet speeds get faster
9 months, 3 weeks ago

‘Broadband’ definition officially changed as internet speeds get faster

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The changes will help ensure that more people have faster connections, the FCC said, in line with …

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SpaceX on track to double annual launch record in 2022
2 years, 1 month ago

SpaceX on track to double annual launch record in 2022

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The rate of more than one launch per week is a result of a vigorous schedule for …

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If you get free phone or internet in California, watch out for this snag
2 years, 4 months ago

If you get free phone or internet in California, watch out for this snag

LA Times  

People who help Californians sign up for free phone service, including with T-Mobile’s Assurance Wireless service, don’t always explain the fine print and trade-offs. And unbeknownst to him, Assurance used Rick’s $30-a-month federal ACP subsidy instead of using the roughly $25 a month in state and federal LifeLine subsidies to pay for the service. Back when landline phone service was …

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Congress Might Finally Do Something About The Exorbitant Cost Of Prison Phone Calls
2 years, 8 months ago

Congress Might Finally Do Something About The Exorbitant Cost Of Prison Phone Calls

Huff Post  

Image Source via Getty Images For nearly 20 years, Martha Wright-Reed struggled to pay for phone calls with her incarcerated grandson, Ulandis Forte. If signed into law, the bill would restore the Federal Communications Commission’s authority to regulate the cost of all calls incarcerated people make from prisons and jails. “This isolation from the very communities that provide love and …

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If your phone, car or home alarm relies on 3G, you need to prepare for a shutdown
2 years, 11 months ago

If your phone, car or home alarm relies on 3G, you need to prepare for a shutdown

LA Times  

People pass an AT&T store along New York’s Madison Avenue in October 2014. In most cases, the devices that rely on 3G chips are providing services that people have to pay for, whether it’s the ability to place calls or summon first responders automatically. T-Mobile says that customers on the Sprint 3G network will be able to upgrade to a …

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EXPLAINER: Why impeachment evidence tested TV's standards
3 years, 10 months ago

EXPLAINER: Why impeachment evidence tested TV's standards

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Former President Donald Trump s impeachment trial last week featured explicit language rarely heard …

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Goodbye to Ajit Pai, FCC chairman and enemy of net neutrality.
55 years ago

Goodbye to Ajit Pai, FCC chairman and enemy of net neutrality.

Slate  

It took an industry man to ruin the internet as we knew it. And while net neutrality was and still is broadly favored by Americans—including, yes, some Republicans—Pai never stopped trying to gut it, eventually succeeding in late 2017 even as outraged constituents flooded the FCC’s public comments section, making clear their disapproval by crashing that system altogether. Pai very …

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FCC chairman says he’ll seek to regulate social media under Trump’s executive order
4 years, 2 months ago

FCC chairman says he’ll seek to regulate social media under Trump’s executive order

CNN  

CNN Business — The Federal Communications Commission will draft regulations intended for social media companies following a petition earlier this year by the Trump administration, the agency’s chairman said Thursday. In a tweet, FCC Chairman Ajit Pai indicated he will move forward with a rulemaking to “clarify” Section 230 of the Communications Act of 1934, which currently acts as a …

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Trump CHOSE YOU, His Most Patriotic Supporter, To Receive Constant Scammy Texts
4 years, 4 months ago

Trump CHOSE YOU, His Most Patriotic Supporter, To Receive Constant Scammy Texts

Huff Post  

Illustration: Rebecca Zisser/HuffPost “CONFIDENTIAL: DON’T SHARE,” the Trump campaign texted me last month. “People, it turns out, respond positively to other people, in a way they don’t to automated mail-sending robots,” said Roddy Lindsay, a co-founder of Hustle, the peer-to-peer platform used by the Sanders campaign. Referring to Opn Sesame, one of the main peer-to-peer text companies that cater to …

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US House of Representatives approves bill to combat robocallers by penalizing them
5 years, 1 month ago

US House of Representatives approves bill to combat robocallers by penalizing them

Daily Mail  

The US House of Representatives approved a new anti-robocall bill by a nearly unanimous vote. Called the TRACED Act, this law will penalize scammers and require phone carries to block robocalls and ensure all incoming calls are from real numbers. The TRACE ACT, short for Telephone Robocall Abuse Criminal Enforcement and Deterrence Act, was approved by a 417-3 vote and …

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Report calls on FCC to probe storm aftermath in Puerto Rico
5 years, 7 months ago

Report calls on FCC to probe storm aftermath in Puerto Rico

Associated Press  

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — A consumer activist group released a report Tuesday outlining the collapse in communications that beset Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria, and it urged the U.S. government to investigate the problems to avoid a repeat of the situation as the island prepares for another storm season. The report by the group Free Press said the Federal …

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